So can we say that the past two months have been some of the most stressfull times in my life? I finally get accepted into my Radiolgy program at SLCC, which is great, an then it all goes into a rollercoaster from there. After not moving to Vegas we were still in the mindframe of selling our house and finding something better, mainly a house instead of a townhome. So I looked on KSL, Realtor.com, Remax and just about every other home finder I could get my hands on. Finally we decided to just give up and stay where we are, which was just fine with me. Then I happened upon Richmond American homes going in right across the freeway from us. I checked the home prices and did a mortgage calculator and it seemed that the house would be in our price range. We were so excited! So we put down our earnest money, picked our floorplan, got the corner lot and even went to the design center just to check things out. We knew what we wanted and were ready to get the ball rolling...until we found out how much it was going to cost us. Between closing costs for our house, paying 2 realtors and whatever needed to get done it was going to cost us almost $15,000 and we weren't even started with the new house. So we decided it would be better to not even worry about the new house.
Then I had the bright idea to check for existing homes, and much to everybodys surprise, we found something that we liked. We actually made an offer on the home the next day. Once again the house that we thought we could stay in for a long time turned out to be too much money again. I can't believe how much money a realtor makes off a house sell. For our house to sell with a realtor they would get their average 3% off the home which would end up being $6,200. It's absolutely ridiculous! So to say the least, I am going to do for sell by owner as much as possible in the future. Realtors are a rip off!!! So needless to say we are staying in our home atleast until next year.
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I'll decide....
Gary, you and I are the perfect pair. I know that you feel like I rush into things... but I really feel like I think it through first. The first house was a mistake simply because we forgot to calculate how much it would be to sell our house. That, and we forgot to add in taxes and insurance. You are way more level-headed than I am, so it's a good balance. I hope you know I mean well, so sorry for all the headache this house-hunting has caused.
Even though I would LOVE to move closer to work and into a bigger house, I really like our home. I think that things will work out the way they are supposed to. Look at what happened with school... I still don't understand how you got in this Fall when two weeks before you were accepted they were saying it would be another two years. The Lord knows what is best so you and I will just have to continue to trust in Him.
I LOVE YOU!
P.S. Good job with doing so well with your schooling so far! You're so smart, Baby!
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