<$Wednesday, April 9, 2008$>
One house, please, hold the murder
| Yesterday I sent in the last of the paperwork needed to finalize my mortgage application, go team me! And afterwards I was so excited I hopped on the Re/Max web site to look at the local listings and see what we can expect to afford. Not that I haven't been doing this periodically for a while now, but this time I was both more optimistic and realistic in my search. So, assuming we get pre-approved for the amount that we asked for, it seems we can either afford a nice condo in a decent neighborhood, or a decent house in an iffy neighborhood. Seeing as how we've both got our hearts set on a house, that's a little, well, disheartening. We're open to the idea of a condo, though. At least we'd still be building equity, and we could trade up to a house in five years or so, when we can afford to apply "nice" to both the house AND the neighborhood. Actually, I suppose it's possible to do that now if we hit up some government auctions. There's a really nice house in a pretty nice neighborhood currently up for auction with a starting bid of $25,000. We can't place a bid without our pre-qualification letter, though, and the auction closes soon. I'd be shocked if we managed to put in a winning bid, anyway, but if the timing were better it would be worth a shot. It's a much nicer house than we'd be able to afford otherwise. Oh, well. There are still a couple of houses out in West Tulsa that suit my style and sensibilities, but just when I was beginning to think that might be a relatively safe part of town, suddenly the news keeps reporting murders in that area. It's kind of a sad fact that we'll probably be hard-pressed to find a 100% murder-free neighborhood in Tulsa these days, but that doesn't mean we're not going to try. Labels: house-hunt |
