Offer

Some of you out in readerland already know that I have been looking into buying a house and getting out of the apartment-style life. I had met with my agent yesterday to look at a bunch of houses. I saw some nice houses and there were a couple that stood out, especially this one in Crystal which was just awesome (extremely close to work too), though it had just come onto the market. I wasn't ready to make any commitments yet.

So I get a call from my agent today telling me that someone made an offer on this house. Well, crap, I didn't want to be forced into any decisions (I am an extremely indecisive person by nature), but I knew this could happen. I would either have to act now or lose the house forever. I thought it over (and called my mom) and decided this was the house I wanted.

So I met with my realtor (I was with my parents and we were going to go to dinner in Rogers for Mother's Day, but made a detour into Maple Grove and ate there instead so I could get the meeting set up. I love my mom.), made one look around the house (this was the first time my parents saw the house and they loved it.), and then sat down to fill out the paperwork to put in my offer.

Long story short, I got a call from my realtor just a bit later telling me that, though nothing had been signed yet and there still some formality to go through, the seller has verbally accepted my offer. As of July 21st, assuming nothing unforseen comes up, I will be a homeowner.

I gotta take a moment to let that sink in....wow...