Appraisal time

8 July 2009
We submitted our Inspection Response this evening to the seller and, let me tell you, there's nothing like working with a motivated seller. We finished writing up the paperwork at 7:30pm and at 8:45pm, we received a call from Tom saying that the seller accepted our conditions. For all intents and purposes, we've bought ourselves a house! We'll place an order for the appraisal tomorrow morning and then it's on to Closing Day.

One thing that annoys me is watching HGTV shows like "Property Virgins" and "House Hunters". There must be a lot of TV magic that happens on those shows because we had to sign and initial a bunch more paperwork than those people ever do. "My First Place" is a little more accurate, but it annoys me how these shows imply that you can buy homes in a couple of days. We're moving really quickly, it seems, but even then it's taking us about a month to close!