Waldo

Trouble Breathing
2005-01-30 07:16:08 (UTC)

It can never be fucking simple can it??

Sigh...today started off good enough. Reg and I met with our
realtor, Blake, to go look at houses. First off, the house
that we really, really wanted?....sold. But there were
others. So we looked at two crappy ones and one really nice
one that had nearly everything we want. The seller wants
$227,000 for it, and there's already an offer for another
person. So Reg and I were mulling whether to put our own bid
on it, but then I notice that the home (in fact, all the
homes we're going to look at) require a "good faith"
payment. Each is different for different homes, but the
average seems to be about $3,000. It's money you have to pay
to the title companies if your bid is accepted to show that
you're serious about buying the house. That, coupled with
closing costs ($1,500 to $2,000), requires us to have $5,000
ready to go--up front.

We were prepared for having to come up with $1,500 or maybe
even $2,000. But $5,000? FUCK! And if we don't make a bid on
the house we want soon (within a couple of days), then we'll
most likely lose it. FUCK! And that means more paying rent
to the assholes that won't fix any of our problems. FUCK!

We don't know what to do. Reg asked her mom and stepdad for
help. My parents are broke (seriously) and I can't come up
with $5,000 out of the blue. Reg was considering selling her
car, but I really, really don't want her to do that.

Why can't buying a home be easy? Why are there so many
hoops, so many fees, so much crap to wade through?

Now I'm stressed out and pissed off...




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