We are maybe going to buy a home?

So as said below, a friend of ours who is a homeowner herself suggested that we look at this home that just came on the market in Maplewood.

In my mind there are 2 parts to Maplewood one side of the tracks and the other. There is no economical difference as you may think it's just that there is a train that carried freight through the town about every hour. Our apartment is on one side a bit far away from the tracks and this home that was suggested to us is one the other.

Previously I had decided against looking on the "other side" of the tracks just really because it helped narrow our search. But now since a friend of ours suggested it we went down and took a look. As we drove up we saw a quite neighborhood filled with large old homes, and as we got to the corner lot where the home we were looking at we noticed that it was probably the smallest one in the neighborhood. The agent and the home owner were sitting on the porch swing and I look over at my husband and he has the largest grin on his face.


We walk up the stoop do the introductions and get the tour. As the buyers agent is showing us around I am thinking oh how cute this is, and my husband is ohhing and awwwing. (He never does this) I start thinking I had better find something I don't like about this home or this may be it!:) Which is not a bad thing I just felt like it was all happening so fast.

The buyers agent goes outside and we take a look around alone and take one look at each other and say this is it!

It's a 2 bedroom 1 bath brick cottage. With a long living room and dining room.

This is the pic from the add.

It's got a front and back porch and a fenced in side yard. It's a few blocks from the train so you can't really hear it and there are luxury condo's being built across the street. The basement is also a full footprint and it walk out.

We say our thank you's trying not to seem overly excited and rush to the car to make our broker some and see this house so we can put an offer in.

2 hours later we are back with our broker and as we round the corner again, he says lets go back to the office right away and write up and offer.

We actually go in and he looks at it, examines the basement and deems it solid and we rush back to his office and put an offer in.

I sign papers hoping that I am not screwing something up by not reading them, and My husband is just beaming.

We submit the offer and find out we are the first offer, and that our broker knows the buyers agent from softball league and we cross our fingers that they will accept our terms.

We put a lower offer in with no contingency’s and asking for them to pay closing costs and include all the appliances even the washer dryer.

We wait again. . .