More Driving . . .

I drove around for about two hours this afternoon, looking at homes I felt were in my price range – homes that are about ½ the cost of R.’s.

The bad news is that I only found one home I liked, out of nine I drove past. And that one was on a not-so-great street. A block up it’s a good neighborhood, but it isn’t so great where this one impeccably-maintained house is located.

That’s one of my three goals right now – impeccably maintained, good neighborhood, under $92K. Guess I need to re-do my wish list.

Tomorrow I’m calling a realtor in the afternoon. A student recommended hers, so I might as well give her a call and see what happens.

The whole affair is becoming quite tedious – I want a house to appear, like magic, without any intervention or effort on my part. After all, R.’s house appeared that way. Why can’t another house?

Now I’m working on a down payment. I’m mainly doing this by NOT buying things, like a desk. I hope I can have 11% by the time I’m ready to close in May.