Change of plans 2.0

So after the inspection of

Our beautiful 1885 home in provo, Utah

Fell thru...

We had my sister go tour some homes

Near the BYU campus.

We wanted a home that we could rent out part of,

And live in the other half.

Essentially, we wanted someone else to pay our mortgage

(Who doesn't?)

In case Shaun wasn't able to work full time

While getting his MBA.

But none of those homes panned out either.

I became very discouraged with finding a home.

Road blocks kept finding their way into

Our road trip of finding a home

In Utah. 

We looked at surrounding towns/cities....

And still could not find a match.

So, we decided to stay in colorado!!

Which is great, cuz we love this place...

But also sucked cuz housing costs are expensive.

We looked at every town surrounding Fort Collins....

Loveland, Windsor, milliken, Johnstown, Wellington,

And I even spent a day in Greeley....

And that's the town I wanna tell you about....

We found a super cute brick side-by-side duplex

For sale in Greeley.  It was well below our budget, and we could rent one half of it

And not only have it cover our mortgage, but have an income.

We walk up to the duplex, and immediately 

I see an open bottle of beer sitting on the porch...

Their are chip bags etc laying all over the ground,

And the sketchiest guy walks past and smiles...

Our agent open the door to

What smells like a ginormous 

Cat box...

We walk in...

The wood floors are destroyed..

There is a huge metal grate covering a 2x3 foot hole In the floor...

The main bedroom is about 8x9 ft big...

The basement looked like something from the movie saw...

We skipped the bathrooms for fear of getting hep-a.

And on the way out Caden says 

"This one is nice"
looks like I have an optimist on my hands!

On to the next Greeley property...

This was an older home that was built in the 20s and had

Been split into 3 separate housing units.

The main floor was nice (that is where we would live),

The 2nd unit was in the basement.

We knocked on the door

And an older lady opens it...confused she turns to 

A young girl for translation of what we are saying.

We walk into a one bedroom, one bath unit to find a large family 

Living there....it was sad, awkward, etc

And I wanted to leave.

Greeley got marked off our list, and we were

Back to square one.

Loveland colorado,

The more affordable version of Fort Collins 

Aka foco.

Cross your fingers our house hunt ends soon

(And not because we give up).