I haven’t written about my condo hunt for a bit and there are a few different reasons for that. I’ve been insanely busy with things for the convention and some work-related things. Even though there are always new places on the market, I had gotten very specific about what I was looking for and I didn’t want to settle on certain things when I wasn’t in a huge rush to find a new place (I still have no clue when the new owners of my place take over and when or if they will tell us we have to move).
But the better reason why I haven’t written about the condo hunt for a bit is because the last time I wrote about going to open houses was the last time I went to an open house! I still do not own a condo yet (or partially own since my parents are helping me), but things are in the works. I know nothing is for sure until the papers are all signed and I have the keys, but this has the potential to be for sure very soon.
As I said when I went to the last open house, I had no clue what was next. And I still really don’t. But I’m learning and trying to make sure I understand what’s coming up. I’m very lucky that my parents are a part of this process since they have been through it before and that my realtor is someone that I can really trust. Especially this past weekend when I couldn’t do anything, I had to rely on them to make sure we were making progress on all the things we had to get done. My mom even organized the paperwork I had to sign and emailed me a list with everything organized so I just had to print them out and sign. It was so helpful to be able to do that.
And there is so much we are doing and checking. I knew there would be an inspection, but I didn’t even think about what happened after an inspection with asking for things to be fixed. Also, looking at different paperwork for the building and condo as well as signing a lot of forms about how it will be listed for my mom and I to both be owners. Again, I’m so glad my parents are helping me since they have figured out a lot of things for me that I didn’t know we needed to plan. And my realtor has been so on top of things I should know and what he thinks we need to ask about (like a history of past repairs that were made).
And as much as I like to think I’m educated about things like this and I’m very good about tracking things for my current place, it’s very different comparing a place you rent to a place you own. There are a lot of different things I have to look up so I know what we are talking about. Fortunately, almost everything is digital these days so I have the emails save and I can save PDFs in different places. I don’t have to worry about keeping them organized after printing them out and putting them in a folder.
I’m much more hopeful that this might be my place now than I was the last time I wrote about it. We’ve already gone through so many steps and things are getting much closer to being done. And a lot of what is left is our decision and not the current owner, so that is reassuring. But I also know that things can still change and I’m prepared to start over if that’s what happens. But I’m really hoping that soon I will be writing about moving and not that I’m back to the condo hunt. And maybe I will have that update soon!
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