The Big Reveal

I loved your comments! They were more fun than the post!

So many of you loved House #3, and so did we. We loved it even more when the price was dropped 25% from the original asking price! We thought for sure God was hooking us up with this house. But it was not to be. After some detective work on the part of our realtor, we found out why we never heard back on our offer. Someone definitely got hooked up, and it was definitely not us. The price was definitely dropped for a specific client. How could the house be placed on the market by the bank, without a lock box, and three days later have an accepted offer, when no one had seen the house? I am going to be nice and not answer the question directly. But Hubs and I agreed that if this was not the house for us, God must have something else for us. I really did not like the proximity to the stop sign, even if Hubs did like those trikes in the neighbor's yard.

House #2 seemed like a good fit for our family, but we just couldn't buy at the top of our price range in this economy.

Just when less houses were left on the market, and it seemed there was no house for the Farmers, House #1 hit the market. We were so sure it was the home for us. Sight unseen by either of us, we asked our realtors to draw up a contract for this bank owned home. But even before our offer was written, the house was suddenly in escrow. On a hope and a prayer that the house just might fall out of escrow, we pursued this house. Our realtors thought we were a bit nutty. We bugged our realtors like crazy, and like cray, they bugged the bank. And you know what? The other couple with the contract made the bank a wee bit mad. That was all we needed. The bank knew we wanted this home enough not to fuss. But the bank chose not to relist the home after the previous offer fell through, and dealt directly with us. We have had many people drive by, knock on our door, and peek in our windows. Had this house sold? After all, it was never relisted. Nope. It's ours.

Now, you can ask me any questions you want, and I will answer. No price questions, though. Our parents don't even ask questions like that!