Escrow Closed!

- Originally Posted Friday,Jan 1st 2010 -

Well it took a blue moon to make it happen,but we FINALLY closed escrow! The last week has been insane trying to get this thing to fund. It seemed like everyday they needed something else in order to make it happen. The biggest challange was that [...]

February 4th,2010 | Tags:,,,,,, | Category:Home Buying,Real Estate | Leave a comment

For The Love Of PrimerFor The Love Of Primer

We started to do some of the things around the house that we wanted to get done before we had to move in. One of the first things we wanted to do was paint the entire house in hopes of removing some of the oder from the previous owners…. who smoked like chimneys.

This [...]

February 2nd,2010 | Tags:,,,,,,,,, | Category:DIY,Home Buying,Projects,Real Estate | Leave a comment

Missed Funding Date…

– Orignally Posted Tuesday Dec. 29th – 

We were suppose to fund yesterday (12/28/09) and close today (12/29/09) but just like everything else in this deal,something got screwed up.

As it turns out,funding is usually done in the morning and has to be done by noon. We get a call from [...]

February 1st,2010 | Tags:,,,,,, | Category:Home Buying,Real Estate | Leave a comment

Appraisal Of Doom IIAppraisal Of Doom II

–Originally Posted Saturday Dec. 12,2009 –

Just when we thought we were done the appraisals,here comes the sequel.

It looks like the underwriter for our loan wants to have a field review of the appraisal done on the home. The reason for the field review from the underwriter? “The extreme joy of [...]

January 29th,2010 | Tags:,,,,, | Category:Home Buying,Real Estate | Leave a comment

Pull One String And The Escrow Unravels...Pull One String And The Escrow Unravels…

–Originally Posted Thursday Dec. 10,2009 –

Where we last left off…

-Name Issue With Escrow:Somewhat fixed with an addendum to the contract. Was signed and sent off this morning.

But that has led to another issue…LOAN DOCs! We can’t go anywhere without the loan docs…They were suppose to be [...]

January 29th,2010 | Tags:,,,,,, | Category:Home Buying,Real Estate | Leave a comment

Appraisal Of Doom Death &DistructionAppraisal Of Doom Death &Distruction

–Originally Posted Tuesday Dec. 8,2009 –

We are trying very hard to get all the ducks in a row so we can close on the 15th of December. One of the things that needed to get done so the home loan could be finalized was the appraisal.

We were antsy about the appraisal [...]

January 28th,2010 | Tags:,,,,,, | Category:Home Buying,Real Estate | Leave a comment