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April 26, 2007
Still looking at houses like I'm going to buy one
Every so often I go through the house flyers we pick up while wandering around town, looking for which ones are still for sale and which ones have dropped in price. We keep the ones that are only moderately out of our price range, just in case they take forever to sell and we think we can lowball them.
I'm not sure why I still keep the flyers. Hell, we're still picking up new ones. All this *after* we've made the decision to rent for a year, just in case a miracle happens and Rex can wrangle a transfer to Austin.
I still get excited over some of the houses, at least on paper. There's one section of a particular subdivision that has big, beautiful houses on larger lots. Most of the houses are way out of our price range, but one was just moderately so. They lowered the price to something that we can negotiate from. AND it's pretty and with a big, beautiful kitchen. Unfortunately, it's one of a small section of houses in that subdivision that's in a completely different school district, one that we aren't impressed with. And while there is a convenient elementary school located within walking distance, my kids wouldn't be able to go there.
Dammit, I just found another one in the same section. This one is a new build, and it's even cheaper!
There's another house, in a different subdivision. Awesome section, and they've just lowered the price for the second time. The layout of the house is familiar, since a good friend of mine lives in one a lot like it. The difference is hers has enough bedrooms, and the one we found is one room short.
This finding-everything-I-want-in-one-package thing is going to be much harder than I thought.
Posted by me at April 26, 2007 10:37 PM