God, do you have a condo I could buy....for cheap?
The past months I've been looking and getting a feel for Condos in our area. Our lease is up in July for our apartment so Dawn and I thought it would be a good time to get a condo and stop renting. We found a place we really loved, put an offer in (over asking price) and were totally outbid. So we detatched any emotions we already invested in that place (you do invest emotions when you're talking a couple hundred thousand bucks) and moved them to another place. But once again we were outbid. It was pretty intense for me. I had never thought of the psyche of purchasing a home. It can be an emotional rollercoster. Hopes, dreams, timing, waiting, suspense, rejoicing, disapointment, bitterness, trust, frustration....But I'm learning to trust God some more everyday.
posted by Tim Oas @ 12:14 AM
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We'll soon be in the same boat as you. We're moving out next week and into a temporary place for a few months during which we'll be looking for homes—hopefully the condo type. I don't look forward to the emotional stress that this will cause. Although I do look forward to tearing down walls and building stuff.
"God must have something better" -- a statement people like to make when people are disappointed. Not very helpful -- but sometimes true. Hope it proves to be true real soon for both of you.
We got out-bid twice before we bought our home as well. We could often afford the asking price but not the bidding price. Finally, a friend told us that if we wanted their place that they would sell it to us without puting it on the market. The emotional stress that that 3 month summer caused made life hellish for a while. Homes would sell before the 'for sale' sign ever reached the front yard. Thank God for our buddy.
We got one! woohoo! And we like it a lot.
Yeah!
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