Starting to understand why...

As you know, we have been trying to buy a house for 8 months (but seems like FOREVER)!
We have had 9 offers rejected! Nine! The first few (ok the first 8) were really disappointing, and we couldn't understand why God didn't answer our prayers. We were so patient (i.e we had no choice) waiting 5 1/2 months for what we thought was our "dream" house. When we didn't get it we were pretty bummed out.

But here is the cool part. Last night after we looked at house offer #10, we were pretty giddy about the awesome neighborhood and great floorplan. We started talking about how long this process has been, but it hit us that every house we look at gets better than the last! When we first started looking in March, the nicest we could afford were houses with zero lot lines, in a "Truman Show-ish" style (that is what my mom compares it to). We were convinced we would be happy there with the huge new home. And we probably would have been. But now, in December home prices have dropped (and interest rates!!) and the same price range we had in March can buy so much more today! Our fave neighborhood in Santa Maria (new homes by Walmart) is now in our price range!

So all that wondering why God didn't let us get the house we HAD TO HAVE, makes sense when we have so many more options now!

We just faxed offer #10. If we get it AWESOME (even RADICAL- inside joke to my family), but if we don't no biggie. Because there are plenty of fish (houses) in the sea (Santa Maria). Right Silvia? ;-) God knows the desires of our heart (and my wish list: fancy fireplace, stairs, laundry room, big kitchen, formal dining room, living room AND family room...), and he is looking out for us. When the right house comes, I think we will get it.

Here is a sample of a few of the many offers we have submitted.



and offer #10


Oh, one more thing. Unfortunately this house is a short sale (aka LONG sale). We have tried to stay away from these after our forever long wait of 5 1/2 months, but couldn't resist this one. As luck would have it (I KNOW it is not God doing this ;-) the same horrible selling realtor from before is also selling this one!! Ugh... hopefully it goes smoother this time.