Well, we chose that house with the view of the sound. We offered asking price + $8 on the house #3. 10 days later, we found out that we didn't get the house. It was a long depressing roller-coaster. I know we were the first ones to offer but we offered on a Friday. They had the weekend to get more offers. THEN... on the Wednesday after we sent our offer, they had us sign a document acknowledging the fact that we know there are multiple offers. 5 days later - so 10 days after we submitted our offer - we lost out. I don't know how much that house sold for but I'm sure it is a lot more than we offered. We offered our max. In fact, we went $20,000 OVER our budget for that house. The irony is that if we had offered asking price on the other 2 houses, we would have won those houses. In fact, one house has closed and I found out that it sold for $600 more than we offered. That's how much we missed out on the Fishbowl house.
That depressed me for a little bit but at the time, we offered the max we were comfortable with for that house. And who knows... all the wiring and plumbing had to be fixed on that house and it was in a fishbowl.
So, waiting 10 days for the result of that latest house and traveling for work... we haven't looked at houses for a long time. We have a time scheduled for next Monday night with our Realtor. I'm slowly x'ing the houses off my chart because they are changing to Pending before we can even go see them... oh the joys of the hunt!
That depressed me for a little bit but at the time, we offered the max we were comfortable with for that house. And who knows... all the wiring and plumbing had to be fixed on that house and it was in a fishbowl.
So, waiting 10 days for the result of that latest house and traveling for work... we haven't looked at houses for a long time. We have a time scheduled for next Monday night with our Realtor. I'm slowly x'ing the houses off my chart because they are changing to Pending before we can even go see them... oh the joys of the hunt!
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