Utah bound (again)

A ton has happened in the past

Few weeks, we made an offer on a home in loveland colorado..

But there were multiple offers and it

Quickly became out of our price range.

After this happened we really assessed

What we were trying to accomplish.

We started off the summer wanting to buy a home

On the lower end of our budget,

And than be able to invest some of the extra money

Into turning the home into

An income property (and renting out part of it, while we lived in the other half).

We were not going to be able to find a property like this

In loveland, or anywhere in colorado with the budget we had.

So we turned again to Utah....but this time

We were looking north of Salt Lake City.

The housing costs drop drastically when you get

Into the northern part of Utah.

We were considering Ogden for a while,

And than my dad suggested Logan....

Last weekend we sent Shaun out to Logan for the weekend 

To look at homes.

He spent almost all day Saturday looking at homes...

Most of the properties needed too much work, or they were on a busy

Street, or they were next to commercial properties,

One of the homes even had a sink in the hallway

Because the bathroom was too small to fit a sink.

The second to last home they looked at was

A 1917 brick bungalow.

It had a huge porch, .33 acre lot, tons of trees and 3 beds 2 baths.

(And an unfinished basement with space for a room and a bath).

The agent that was showing Shaun the homes

Had added this home to the list

We had sent him....

So I had no idea what the home looked like.

I tried finding it on websites but couldn't find one that had it

(It was a new listing, and most of those home sites are delayed a few days).

Finally Sunday morning a website had posted it and

I was able to see the home.

I quickly texted Shaun who was driving home from Utah 

And said I really liked that home!

When he got home that afternoon we made an offer,

And have been negotiating with the buyers since than.

We should find out today if we are under contract.....

Wish us luck!

Moving to Utah will allow us to buy a modest home for

A good price!

We were able to lower our house buying budget by about 40%,

Just by moving one state over....

So worth it!