OK, here’s the latest. The contract was accepted, thus beginning the next phase of the house purchasing process. That has meant quite a bit of paperwork to be e-mailed to me, signed, and faxed back to various parties. Today, I had the inspection by the man Mr. Ra recommended — Bob. I met Bob at 08:30 this morning (Monday) and…
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Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 06
Well, Mr. Ra put in the offer, we got the counter-offer back, and I’ve accepted it. Now we are simply waiting on the owner to send in the signed contracts as I’ve given Mr. Ra the $1500 in earnest money. Which takes me to my next point — fees. Sheeze, there’s a right racket when it comes to fees and…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 05
Things are moving ahead pretty quickly. Mr. Ra asked me if I’d be interested in re-looking at my favorite places still on the market before my next weekend. While I was not enthused about having to do a lot of stuff during the day and then have to pull a 12-hour shift at work, the fact that so many properties…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 04
It was another tiring day of looking at places and hearing about how the lower-priced places are going to be snapped up fast. Next week, I’m going to have to remember to bring my cooler with a drink. I think I got a bit dehydrated today. Anyway, it was a rough start because I didn’t see my Realtor Mr. Ra…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 03
Whew! What a day. I looked a quite a few places today. All were condos, but some were called “townhome-styled condos.” I didn’t realize there was such a thing but there you go. I guess I should start at the beginning though. I met “Mr. Ra” (my Realtor) and we discussed things, including when my lease will be over. I…