Hey Everyone
Well…. You know last summer I wrote a whole bunch of vague posts and never let you all know what was going on because I didn’t want to jinx it , and then after the fact it didn’t happen? Then I never did say what happened? well..wait for it because I am gonna lay it out for you
Before I go on- My mom finally decided to just be nonchalant and i’ve talked to her a couple of times since yesterday around 4 pm so.. we’ll just let the bygones be bygones.
Ok Last summer David and I had the good luck to be able to trade in the car and get a brand new one – which I was shocked with the bankruptcy and all of that but there wasn’t much of a problem- we got a little bit of higher interest but in general it was pretty easy.
Right after that my mom and dad got on this getting us a house kick AGAIN. I think this was like the 2nd time – honestly I can’t even remember they are always bringing that up but with the bankruptcy and our crap credit and everything …well. yeah it isn’t that easy. This mostly came about because when my mom is selling blueberries/honey/blackberries around she met this girl that was a real estate agent and she basically started showing up houses even though none of us were really “preapproved” which was really nice of her.
We first looked at this house barley 5 min up the road- it was a nice enough house and the land was pretty nice but.. it had a few issues with the foundation and what not so we knew that would be a night mare (basically the foundation and the house didn’t line up- it was really weird)
The next house we looked at was about 5 min up the road as well but it was on a dirt road which turned us off quite a bit and then it was just… ugh on the inside! I know that my dad didn’t go with us that evening because he ended up having to work late or something another.
That weekend we went and looked at one about 20 min or so up the road and we were kinda like o.k maybe this one..the biggest thing with it was being further up the road and the people who lived there were heavy smokers and you could def. smell it/see it in the paint.
While we were out that day I asked if we could go about 10 min up the road and look at this one house just for the simple fact I absolutely had to see what was going on with the bathtub! It was just at this odd angle and I was curious and David was too- well she called and got us in and we went there and FELL IN LOVE. I mean I FELL IN LOVE. We decided right then- that was the house we had to measure all the other houses against and even though it was a little more out of our budget we decided to try to go for it.
Of course this was over a weekend- on a saturday. Laura (real estate agent) quickly sent us the comps and specs and realist report and everything and then That evening David and I went to lowes and started day dreaming about what building we might want to buy and lawn mowers and weed eaters- and little things like that.
This is where the snag came into play- no one wants to finance a mobile home! Especially as investment property/co-signer. I think we contacted at least 15 people. The crazy thing? everything in our area is pretty much mobile homes but stick with me here…
I kinda had gave up on the place and apparently mobile homes in general.. and it kept coming up that we might be able to do it but I finally just decided to look at one more house up in town. It was stick built and reasonable in price and it was really cute. My mom and I went and looked at it and we took lots of pics and were going to get an appointment to go back with Dad and David.
My mom got one of her silent migraines that day- and she had been going to go do the paper work to get things going and come to find out – those people were only showing the house because they HAD TO- they had every intention of taking it off the market! I was so so upset!
We pretty much just gave up- signed another lease because we couldn’t keep holding out, and my mom and dad were starting to have to travel because of his mom being sick – and it was hot lets just add that in there. So… fast forward to a few weeks ago when my mom started all this again…
I have found a few random stick built houses – including one that wasn’t even built yet that was pretty much in the right price point. David and I actually about 2 weeks ago went and drove by a few of them after we had a late lunch. Well.. just to be silly we drove down the to the “dream home” from last summer just to see if anyone had found some one that would finance it.
GUESS WHAT? IT WAS STILL EMPTY. I thought I was gonna die – I was like OMG this WHOLE time it is sitting here empty? really? omg! I wrote down the information in my phone but I kinda knew there was no way to get it financed so I just kept looking at other places online
Then I decided today to email and see what was up and if the guy might know someone who would finance it and everything. Well even though he wasn’t my agent from last year he knew/remembered me. He said he did think he could get it financed – well a mobile home in general because this is under contract- and get this – he thinks that this is going to fall through!
I decided to give him a call and he gave me the contact information and he said that he’d let me know if this falls through /if anything else comes available and it would be a good idea to get up with this person and get the ball rolling just in case…and even if you know this were to go through then we might could still do a mobile home so..
This house has haunted me for a YEAR almost so.. either it was meant for me or meant to kill me I guess lol.
Well.. now you all know lol
As far as today goes my allergies are off the chart, my right eye is still mad as heck and I can’t hardly keep it open- I have had a low annoying headache most of the day as well so BLAH. Hopefully tomorrow will be better on that note!
Right now I am making dinner- baking some chicken for wraps and thats about all.. I just wanted to check in while I had a few minutes.
Later taters