View Full Version : I thought it would NEVER be possible


Daydreamer
05-10-2008, 02:50 PM
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We got approved to buy a house!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woot

I honestly thought we would never be able to afford a house the way the prices are here in San Diego.

It all happened super fast because I had a little newsletter send from a friend of mine who is a mortgage lender and she said something to the effect of "now is the time for you guys to buy your first home". Honestly, i just put it aside for a bout 3 weeks until I realize just how LOW the houses were in price right now.

There are sooo many houses in forclosure and so many houses fore sale right now and they just arent selling. Now is the time for us.

We got approved for 400K, but we can only actually afford about 225K. But there are TONS of houses avalable around that price right now.

I am so excited!! I cant wait to start looking. Me and DH are going to drive by a bunch of them in the area today to see how the neighborhoods are and everything before we ask to see the insides.

I found this one house that i want to badly! Its been on the market for several months and it was a house that someone completely remodeled but didnt finish so it still needs all the carpeting and appliances, toilets, etc. I think we can do it, but I would need to talk to a contractor or something to see JUST how much it costs to do all of that (the kitchen still has to have everything installed including cupboards and counters, etc.) It is just under 2,000 sq ft, 2 story, 5 bedroom, 3 bath, HUGE pool, nice neighborhood. new roof, paint, remodeled rooms, fireplace, and HUGE living room area. I want it so bad. :lol but I am getting ahead of myself here.

Anyway, sorry for all the rambling but I am so excited. This has been going on for about a week but I didnt want to say anything until we were sure we could start looking and do this! :clap :yahoo :cp

So far there are two houses I am in love with but I am trying not to get my hopes up. I think it is too late for that though :lol

ashley
05-10-2008, 02:54 PM
that is awesome, Jen!!

SocKiah
05-10-2008, 02:56 PM
:yay

That's so exciting!!! Congratulations!

kahana23
05-10-2008, 03:14 PM
wooo hooo that is exciting!! congrats

'Reen
05-10-2008, 03:26 PM
:woohoo :yahoo :woot :jump4joy that's awesome sweetie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KittyKat
05-10-2008, 03:55 PM
Congrats! :mrgreen :clap :yahoo

dragonflys
05-10-2008, 04:26 PM
THATS GREAT :clap

davey's_girl
05-10-2008, 04:47 PM
:clapThat's fantastic news! I'm so glad you have this chance to buy your dreamhome!

Cat
05-10-2008, 05:14 PM
oh wow jenifer that is just awesome news. I cant wait to see pics of the one you all end up buying.

Mareleigh
05-10-2008, 05:17 PM
:yahoo Congrats!

SDRenee
05-10-2008, 06:00 PM
That is beyond awesome girl!!! hey, where are you looking for houses? do you have pictures of any houses you are looking at??

froglove
05-10-2008, 06:06 PM
That is awesome Jenifer!!! It truly is!!! At first I thought this was a preggo post... but buying a home is just as good!!!! CONGRATS

Christina
05-10-2008, 06:16 PM
Congrats sweetie! Hubby and I are in the process of getting pre-approved as well! :) As I type this, I'm scanning documents to email the bank I'm going through and then I have to run up to the rental office to get a copy of our lease:) How exciting!

MynTop
05-10-2008, 09:07 PM
That's so great!

Jennifer
05-11-2008, 01:05 AM
that's awesome

Daydreamer
05-11-2008, 03:29 PM
That is beyond awesome girl!!! hey, where are you looking for houses? do you have pictures of any houses you are looking at??

we are trying to stay in the Oceanside or Vista area because that is where we are now and we both work pretty close. We would possibly go to San Marcos but it would have to be a pretty nice place for us to do that.

I dont have any of my own pics of any of them. We are just going by pics off of listings and the mls.

We drove by all the ones in Vista yesterday and didnt see anything we were mad about. Today we are driving by all the ones in oceanside to check out the neighborhoods and see which ones we might want to have the real estate agent take us to.

Oh, and the ones we loved that needed the work....never gonna happen. We went by again yesterday and noticed that the foundation was cracked in several places. That is was more than we can handle. Oh well.


Christina, that is awesome!!! Good luck girl! :yahoo