The Hunt

Jarod and I moved to the Caldwell area from Rexburg Idaho on July 16th. The new owners at the complex we managed wanted to hire a different set of managers and wanted us out of the complex mid semester. We were able to work out a different timeline because of the hours we had stacked up to pay for our rent. As things turned out we were very blessed and the move was worth the stress at the end of Jarod's semester. I'll discuss the things we had to get straightened out in another post.

We were graciously accepted into Jarod's Grandmother's home for the house hunt. The housing market at the time was harder than we expected. We figured there were so many houses on the market, we could take our pick of the lot in our price range. As it turned out, we couldn't be more wrong. The price range we were in was actually the same one all the other house hunters were in as well. We made our offer on the first house and got out bid, it was a short sale and in the end it looked as though the lisitng agent was in favor of another buyer... whether he was friends or family with them or they were buying from him so he could get the double commission... we don't know. There was just something fishy about the whole thing.

We found another house what we liked and thought we had made an offer in the right amount of time... but it was a fannie mae house and needed to be on the market for three days before the bids got sent to the bank. By the time the three days were up, there were counter bids and we again got outbid...

By the time we found the third house we liked, we were getting discouraged. We wanted to get settled before Jarod started his final semester of online classes. We made the offer on the right day with no other bids... but over the weekend there were three other competitors. We knew we were not going to get this house. Not only that, but the listing agent notified us she had priced the house at too much and wanted to know if we wanted to up our bid. Seeing as we went in full price at the wrong bid, we decided to stay put. Miraculously our bid was the best one despite the fact we didn't change our bid. We got the house we wanted the most out of all of the houses. It is a close to 1600 sq ft home with a living room, family room, four bedrooms, and 2 1/2 bathrooms. The yard needed fixing up and the carpets needed cleaning. We moved in on September 7th after it had closed the previous day. We had no real furniture besides our bed and a card table. Soon everything started to take shape. Pictures and details to come.