We have been watching a lot of HGTV. A LOT. Thus producing some major house envy!!!
We got back on the horse and went out to look at homes again. Here is the sucky part, interest rates have gone up and home prices have spiked. There is very limited inventory especially in the areas we originally had in mind. Bringing our buying power waaaaaaay down. We saw homes that were just complete crap and some that were no bigger than our town home yet double the price. We ended the house hunt feeling pretty defeated.
One thing we both have agreed on is that selling our town home was the right thing to do, but WHY OH WHY are we not finding a new home?? Maybe we were looking in the wrong places with the wrong expectations.
After watching an episode of Property Brothers, Ryan suggested investing into another fixer upper. My initial thought was “Are you ^$$#&^! crazy?” But I surprised myself when I agreed!! We originally left our town home wanting to move out of Mission, get a two story that’s move in ready. Long story short, we have put an offer on a ranch, that is in Mission, that is a major fixer upper.
We have had the inspection and appraisal done so we are waiting to hear back if our final counter offer and concessions have been accepted. Deadline is tomorrow!
Ryan has lived in Mission Viejo his whole life and I have lived here half of mine!
We might never leave…..