Just along for the ride....

So, for those that haven't heard the latest news on our house hunting adventures, here you go... We had put two offers in on two houses in Eagle Mountain. Being bank owned properties, that left it out of our hands. We were told at the beginning of last week that we were the lead offer on both, and if we wanted either one, we could have them. It just may not be in time to meet the deadline for the housing credit.
We decided to hold out for a mini miracle that the banks would approve our offer faster than normal. Well they called on the 22nd and said that one of our offers was approved. We went forward with it and began planning on what we would do with our new house. On April 29th ( one day before the tax credit ends) the bank withdrew their approval of our offer and decided to put the house up for auction instead.
I was devastated at first but within an hour, our realtor called with one more change in our plans. Apparantly we were also approved on the other home and our offer was never dropped. So if we still wanted it, we could get it and the tax credit. I think I was too overloaded to really appreciate what a blessing that was. I had Ben call and double check that everything was really working out.
I was still bummed out that we weren't able to get our first choice home, but I tried to remind myself that all along we had prayed that if this was where we needed to be, that everything would work out. Maybe this was the Lord's way of letting us know that no matter how bad we thought we wanted that house, it was not the best choice for our family. I guess only time will tell, but I have faith that our prayers were answered.
I stayed up looking for more houses, hoping that maybe we would find a house that was not a bank owned property and that we could make an offer on and get approved faster. So we went out tonight (april 30th) and walked through two more homes. We fell in love with one of them. It was bigger and move in ready but it was more than we had planned on. We(meaning I) tried to scramble and find out if this was at all possible on the budget we had given ourselves. Ben and I started arguing about stupid little things and for us, that is never a good sign. The more I thought about it, the more I realized.....I can try to force a situation as much as I want, but if its not what needs to happen, it won't work out.
After a long talk, we decided that as much as we loved that house, we just didn't feel good about it. And in realizing that, we realized how good we did feel about the first house. We'll continue to pray for guidance and see how this all ends up. If you want to join us, feel free :) we're just along for the ride.

Time for round two!!

The one awesome thing about a short sale is that if you make an offer on a house, its not a binding agreement. So we've continued to look at more houses. On Tuesday we saw about 7 more houses and found one that we really liked. It's a little over 2500 sq ft and this one has an unfinished basement which is something that Ben really wanted. We put an offer in on this house too and our realtor told us we should know the outcome by next Friday! Keep your fingers crossed for us, cuz we really like this one.