Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Leap

The whole New Years weekend, I waited for an email from the realtor on the condition of the house.

It finally came.

The house seemed okay structually. The realtor had a contractor take a look and nothing other than lots of cleaning, paint, elbow grease and minor repair seemed necessary. New Central A/C and Heat, new hot water heater, upgraded bathrooms. Kitchen appliances older and in questionable working order, fairly new roof and new wiring.

The realtor had done a follow up call with the listing agent and was told there were 2 showings with investors scheduled for Tuesday as most people were taking Monday off for the holiday.

At 9 am Monday morning, I called my realtor, told her to write up a contract offering full price.

The Two Year Plan had swiftly turned into the Three Month Plan.


And that, my dear reader, is how you take a leap of faith.

5 comments:

  1. Leapin' lizards!

    Amazing woman you is.

    firstest.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Inspiring! When we purchased our farm it was a garbage dump of sorts. Now that it isn't . . . I'm looking around for the next one.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Look up here, US. Nice weather and land values. I'll help shop.

    ReplyDelete
  4. you are one brave gal! So glad it worked out . What would you have said if someone told you then where you would be right now?

    ReplyDelete