Dear Self,
What were we thinking by taking almost a year to find a house? Well, that's really not the problem. The problem is actually all the paperwork involved. Now that we had found a house and everything (the only bad thing is that it needs a lot of paint), there is now a ton of paperwork involved.
I've already signed one version of a contract and now we have to work another on the lending bank's version. Not so bad. The hard thing right now is getting my lender all my forms and such that he needs to verify that I will have the funds for the down payment and such. Grrr....why so much paperwork? Well, I guess they need to be sure since the first couple of contracts they've had on the home actually fell through due to bad credit and/or lack of funds to help pay for the house.
I know I'm in good stead, but at this point....I'm waiting to see if I get more gray hairs from this experiance. But at 25 I'm kind of excited too.
