Making an Offer: First-Timers in the Housing Market

Blogging has been the least of my priorities in the last month.  I’ve been busy dealing with family gatherings and searching for a house.  We’ve looked at seven houses in two weeks, found one we liked only to discover it would require more work than our 20-something, student loan laden, first-time buyer budget would allow.  [...]

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Baltimore Sun Interview on House Hunting Experience

Well, I did my interview with the Baltimore Sun real estate blogger last week, only to find out that she couldn’t fit me in the article. No big deal.  I think I actually found myself relieved at the idea of not having my name in the paper.  But I’d done the interview in hopes of [...]

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House Hunting Take 2

Well, we went house hunting again. This time I think we may have found a winner, but we’re going to give it a few weeks of additional hunting to be sure. It’s a really cute townhouse with a big box-bay window that has a sill wide enough for two people, or one bookworm and her [...]

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When House Hunting Gets Spooky

Viewed two houses today. It was a lot of fun.
The first townhouse was the cheapest one we could find in the Rumsey Island community. On arrival, we couldn’t help but cringe over the number of children’s toys in the front yard. Once we stepped inside, it only got worse. Wow, this place was not [...]

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House Hunting

Great news, I finally get to schedule a day to go house hunting! Mike gave the OK to call a real estate agent and give him a list of some places we’ve talked about. I’m so excited. A house (townhouse most likely) will be a great project for me. I need projects to stay sane [...]

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