Setting Out

This is an interesting undertaking. Today we begin our first blog as we attempt to purchase our first home. The blog is far less daunting, obviously. We're going to try to record our progress as we take the little home from a rat hole, so named not because it's infested with rats but because it looks like a packrat's nest, to a habitable, comfortable home.

Of course, we have to actually GET the home first. We have an inspection today at 2pm, and if we like what we hear, we're all set to put in an offer. There's another offer already in, but chances are ours will be the winner. We can only hope.

There's always the chance that we will fail, though, and if that happens, there will be many tears. Housing's so expensive around here that this is really our only chance to get into a home period, rat hole or not. We'll see.

A bit of background about the property: the rat hole is currently about 1,030 square feet sitting on a 12,500 square-foot lot. The lot has plenty of nice big trees on it and tons of room for kids, dogs, woodshops, dojos, etc. We would also have the option to subdivide the lot in 5 years and sell it. There are just so many opportunties wrapped up in this thing.

I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I anticipate and fear 2pm.