House Hunting

We spent the week of Spring Break in Nevada to look for houses and explore the area. It was perfect timing for us, and we hoped to find something we liked so that we could qualify for the housing tax credit in time. It ended up being quite an adventure, and we saw so many houses they all just seem to run together! There were a bunch we liked, so naturally we've made some offers. Unfortunately we've had a pretty big run of rejections, but these were some of our favorites:

House #1:

• Bedrooms: 4.5


• Bathrooms: 3


• Year Built: 2004

• Sq Feet: 1,960


• Acres: 1/6

 

REASON FOR REJECTION: The bank decided that they didn't want to wait until June to close. Lame!

This house was one of our favorites from the beginning (we were able to look at many of the houses online beforehand) and ended up being our first offer. We liked the area and proximity to my work, plus with the extra bedrooms & bathroom it felt like a house that we could grow into. Unfortunately we got pretty emotionally attached to the house, so when our offer was rejected it was a pretty hard hit. We've learned now to not get as emotionally attached. It's hard!

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House #2:

• Bedrooms: 3


• Bathrooms: 2


• Year Built: 1999

• Sq Feet: 1,607


• Acres: 1/6

 

REASON FOR REJECTION: Another offer was accepted 15 minutes before we sent ours in. Lame!

This one and the one above tied for our favorite houses on the trip. We really liked the yard and master bathroom of this one. We had a tough time deciding which house to put an offer on, and when we tried to rebound off the rejection of the other house only to find out that this one was already taken, we were pretty sad.

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House #3:

• Bedrooms: 3


• Bathrooms: 2


• Year Built: 2002

• Sq Feet: 1,344


• Acres: 1/5

 

REASON FOR REJECTION: The bank had already accepted another offer, but had forgotten to change the status. Lame!

This was our "backup" house from our trip; the house that we would fall-back on in case the other two didn't work out. It was a little on the smaller side, but we thought it would definitely work to start out with. When this one also fell through, we began to get worried that we wouldn't even be able to find a house before we needed to move!

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House #4:

• Bedrooms: 3


• Bathrooms: 2


• Year Built: 1991

• Sq Feet: 1,695


• Acres: 1/5

 

 

REASON FOR REJECTION: The seller thought we "didn't have enough money" because we asked for them to pay part of closing costs. Super lame!

This house was awesome.We didn't actually see this one on our house-hunting trip, but our agent was kind enough to do a walk-through and take tons of pictures for us, and we immediately loved it. Even though we knew not to get emotionally attached, we were still pretty devastated when our offer was rejected on this one. Especially with the seller's illogical reasoning!

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House #5:

• Bedrooms: 3


• Bathrooms: 2


• Year Built: 1994

• Sq Feet: 1,670


• Acres: 1/5

 

 

This was another that we didn't see on our trip, but our seller sent us some pictures. It has a really nice kitchen and has been very well-maintained. We are currently waiting to hear if they accept our offer, and we have our fingers crossed. Wish us luck!