House Hunting: Update

Here's a quick look at the past week or so of our house hunting adventures:

Last week, with Ashley out of town, Bobby and I looked at several houses. One of which I posted on here. I absolutely loved the house! It was pretty much the perfect house for us -- great yard, plenty of room, wonderful neighborhood, etc. Prior to walking in the home, Bobby informed me that there was actually an offer already on the table so if we liked it, we'd need to act fast. Well, I loved it. I knew Ash would love it!

Soooooooo... we put an offer on the house!! CRAZY, I know! Needless to say I was nervous/stressed beyond belief. Knowing that there was another offer on the table, we had to go in with our best and highest offer right off the bat - not my ideal situation... I'd like the ability to negotiate a little bit more. Surprisingly, the bank (foreclosure) responded very quickly to our offer -- they countered at full asking price w/ only a small amount of closing costs to be paid by the seller. Needless to say, we were bummed. And a little bit annoyed... But, hearing that the bank wasn't willing to budge, we pulled our offer off the table and got back on the hunt!!

Following our Epic Move, we went out with Bobby again this past Saturday. Once again we saw some GREAT homes!! We've pretty much fallen in love with a certain neighborhood in Canton, GA - Harmony on the Lakes. Fortunately there are some great homes currently on the market out there - one of which we saw on Saturday! And we love it! So we put an offer in on Monday. Much to our dismay, there was already another offer on the table again, so ours was basically a "back up" offer. We were not excited to hear this again, but knew that if the house is right for us, it'd work out. The latest update from today -- the other offer fell through, so ours is on the table!! Woohoo!! But now we WAIT... the tough part about foreclosures is that they can take time. So we get to work on our patience... But we are very excited to see how this plays out! Our fingers are crossed and our hopes are high! I'll get the specs on the house up in the next post -- and hopefully an update on our offer!!

Here's some pics from Harmony on the Lakes - you can probably see why we love it soooooo much!!