Friday, April 21, 2006

The Biggest Day of My Life

Today is the biggest day of my life. I have been doing house hunting for the past month and a half. I finally set my eyes on this nice little town house in the city of Arcadia. The seller was a retired White couple. They were home when I went with my agent to look at the house and we talked for almost an hour. I was very much amazed at how well they have been keeping this property up for the 18 years they have lived there. The unit was built in 1977 but it looks much nicer and well maintained than the ones I have seen that were built in the 1980s. It has two stories, just like most town houses, has two master suites with a separate bathroom in each. It has an attached two-car garage, a patio on the lower level, and a balcony on the upper level. Living room is located on the upper level, with high ceiling and a fireplace. I took some pictures when I did my home inspection a few weeks ago. They are available on my website: http://www.kenlei.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1589.

Everything went by like snapping my fingers. To summarize what I have done in the past month, I: [went to look at the property][looked at other properties][went back to look at it again][made an offer][got a counter offer][made a counter offer][offer got accepted][paid my deposit][opened escrow][shopped for loans][got approved for my loan][home inspection][turmite report][appraisal of the house][got my 401k loan][sold my mutual funds][sold my stocks][consolidated my assets][paid escrow fees and closing costs][signed escrow and loan documents][YES! I SIGNED MY LIFE AWAY][final walkthrough][closing escrow] ... ... all these were done in less than a month!! and I will be moving in next week!!

1 Comments:

Blogger Joel said...

Congratulation! I was thinking about buying a house in Dallas right before 9/11. I was lucky that it didn't go through.

Anyway, hope to be able to visit your house some time in the future.

April 26, 2006 12:53 AM

 

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