Well, it’s the first of the month so I’m kicking off the blog….again. Maybe, just maybe, this time, I’ll keep it going for a little while. I mean, I have a heck of a topic here. Welcome to my journey into madness.
So, yeah, we closed on our house yesterday. In case you didn’t know, currently, in the first quarter of 2022, the housing market in Florida is absolutely bonkers. Just crazy. People were making offers on houses without seeing them crazy.
The house that we bought was not the first house that we made an offer on. Truth be told, I was figuring that we would have to go at least three times but we lucked out on house number two. First house was gorgeous and had all the things and I fell in love instantly. Looking back at it, there were things that I wouldn’t have loved, but there were so many things that I did love, that I could have overlooked them. Turns out that it wasn’t meant to be. I loved it so much that we were willing to put a little extra love on our offer. Welp, a little extra wasn’t enough and we got outbid. I shed a tear and then kept it moving.
Oh, did I mention that we bought about 2 hours from where we currently live? Yeah, that mean that we were making those weekend trips a few times. But legit only a few. One week after we put in the offer on house number one, we put in the offer on house number two. Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
Sidebar bonus: Previous owners are Steelers fans! Kismet.
Not gonna go into the whole process, but let’s just say that my Realtor and his team were freaking fabulous and got us closed in 21 days. Technically, we were homeowners yesterday at around 2, but I’m still calling this day one.
Day one has been spent nowhere near the house, lol. Might not even be until the 13th, lol. But I’ll still try to keep it up daily with some little tidbit daily.
We’ve got big plans, but first up is a washer and dryer. Let’s see where this journey goes.