I bought a HOUSE!!
For all intents and purposes anyway. Just haven't, you know, paid for it yet.
It's funny the way life works. I always pictured that when I bought a house I'd be walking hand in hand with my wife, maybe pushing a stroller, talking over things at night, stressing out... Well you can plan all the live-long day, but sometimes things just happen and ya gotta go with the flow.
Instead, my boss' wife, who's a realtor, emailed me 22 pictures of properties that they own. 10 minutes later I emailed her back, and done. Just last night I was telling a friend that I'm a "see and touch" guy when it comes to making purchasing decisions too! When I got my new job the original plan was for me to relocate to his basement for a few months (well, actually my original plan was to get an apartment, but my boss wouldn't hear of it.) so that I could save up for a down payment; instead he decided that he wants to remodel, so he offered me one of his properties at a semi-cut rate. He owns the place outright, so it was an extremely painless process (which as of now simply entailed him taking the house off the market). When I get there, he's going to spot me a 20% down payment out of a relocation bonus and my salary, and then I'll get the financing.
So what'd I get?
It's a 6 bedroom, 4 bath, vaulted ceilings in the master bathroom (with a jetted bath tub!), and a mountain view. It has a basement and then a main and second floor. I'd like to say more about it, but I haven't actually seen it yet!
6 bedrooms! Can you imagine the tour? "This is my bedroom, here's a guestroom, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another." Actually, I'll probably have to put in an office, a den, an exercise room, a dungeon (j/k), and then a guestroom.
It's going to be pretty boring in there for a while though. I might have to get a pet tiger or something just to make living there more exciting, because that's what it'd take. I went from my parents house, to a college house with 3 roommates, and since then I've always shared a residence with at least one roommate, girlfriend, or family member. Change is in the air!!
It's funny the way life works. I always pictured that when I bought a house I'd be walking hand in hand with my wife, maybe pushing a stroller, talking over things at night, stressing out... Well you can plan all the live-long day, but sometimes things just happen and ya gotta go with the flow.
Instead, my boss' wife, who's a realtor, emailed me 22 pictures of properties that they own. 10 minutes later I emailed her back, and done. Just last night I was telling a friend that I'm a "see and touch" guy when it comes to making purchasing decisions too! When I got my new job the original plan was for me to relocate to his basement for a few months (well, actually my original plan was to get an apartment, but my boss wouldn't hear of it.) so that I could save up for a down payment; instead he decided that he wants to remodel, so he offered me one of his properties at a semi-cut rate. He owns the place outright, so it was an extremely painless process (which as of now simply entailed him taking the house off the market). When I get there, he's going to spot me a 20% down payment out of a relocation bonus and my salary, and then I'll get the financing.
So what'd I get?
It's a 6 bedroom, 4 bath, vaulted ceilings in the master bathroom (with a jetted bath tub!), and a mountain view. It has a basement and then a main and second floor. I'd like to say more about it, but I haven't actually seen it yet!
6 bedrooms! Can you imagine the tour? "This is my bedroom, here's a guestroom, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another." Actually, I'll probably have to put in an office, a den, an exercise room, a dungeon (j/k), and then a guestroom.
It's going to be pretty boring in there for a while though. I might have to get a pet tiger or something just to make living there more exciting, because that's what it'd take. I went from my parents house, to a college house with 3 roommates, and since then I've always shared a residence with at least one roommate, girlfriend, or family member. Change is in the air!!