5th times a charm

My husband Shaun and I began looking for

a home in April of 2012.

We searched all summer, looking at homes with our realtor

day and night.

We put an offer on the first property, which was a HUD home and although

we bid 2K over the asking price....we were outbid by someone else.

Property number two was another HUD home,

that needed A LOT of TLC.  But it was in a neighborhood that had homes in the 275K+ range,  

(so this home was listed at more than 100 K less than their neighbors).

Since we got outbid with the last offer, we decided to offer 7K over the listed asking price.

And once again we were outbid!

Property number 3 was another HUD home and it was in mint condiditon, 

but it was also listed at 35K over our budget.

But we figured we would try and give them our full budget offer.

No luck, we were outbid.

Property number 4 was an incredible old home in the Denver/Cherry Creek area.

It was also A HUD home, and listed at twice our budget allowance.

But by this point I figured why not give them an offer of our full budget?

The home needed a lot of work, but the property alone was worth more than 

we offered, so we figured if they accepted our offfer, we couldn't lose.

They did not accept any of the offers they received during the bidding period...

I am not sure it has even sold yet (4 months later).

Property number 5 was a home I saw go on the market in July, and I loved it!  But listed at

a price 35K over our budget, it was not going to happen!

well months went by and nobody bought it....

So one day when we were out looking at homes, I told Shaun to drive past it.."Just to see".

It was so awesome, it was built in 1912, all brick, BEAUTIFUL.

And way too expensive.

Well luck came our way and THE NEXT DAY, they dropped the asking price into

a range that was within our budget!!!

We made an offer the following Friday, and it is now our Home Sweet Home.

these are the pics I took the night we saw the home, so they aren't great...better ones to come!

1912 Farm house in Colorado

The living Room

The kitchen

the smurf bathroom

the east side of the home