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: Lag Liv

Home Buying

By Anonymous

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Today is my day to get caught up in school, and maybe even get a little ahead, but it's already 11:25 and I haven't opened a book. I have, however, spoken with our loan officer, learned several new home-buying terms, emailed our real estate agent, identified our "must have" home characteristics, and perused far too many online listings. Long distance first-time home buying is going to be crazy.

The permanence of home buying freaks me out a little. With an apartment I could walk around, see things I didn't love, and think "oh well, we'll be out in a year." So while I'm thrilled to finally move into something I won't have to leave in a year, it makes the selection process quite a bit more important. I would love to find a place that we could stay in forever. Sure, we can say we'll move up, buy bigger, or build our dream house, but we could stay at that address until retirement. This is why I really don't want a three-bedroom, even though financially, that makes more sense right now. We want three or four kids and I feel like a three-bedroom house has an expiration date for us- and that expiration date is something I want to avoid. Luckily, we're moving to Texas, where a four-bedroom house is not out-of-the question for a young couple with only one person working (and a baby whose daycare costs more per year than my college degree).

Both our loan officer and realtor came very highly recommended and we know Austin pretty well, so I'm optimistic about this first foray into home-buying from 1000 miles away. We already have our plane tickets for a Spring Break trip down to Texas. My parents will get some quality Landon time in Houston while JP and I head up to Austin to find the house. It's amazing to think that this is where we will bring home our future children from the hospital, where our future dog will run around in the yard, where my clothes will live in walk-in closets rather than under-bed containers, and where JP will finally get to arrange his tool collection in a proper garage. I can't wait to find it!

Full post as published by Lag Liv on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).