So, we are finally in Pocatello, and we finally got our housing figured out. The story:
In June i had an interview in Pocatello at a dental office so while i was interviewing brady went looking for housing. When i got done, we looked up a real estate agent to show us around town to get a feel for the housing market. We decided we liked the new look of townhouses and thought they would suit us well. When we got back to twin we talked to a loan officer to see how much i would need to make as a hygienist to afford the town house. He asked what i would do if i couldn't find a job and i said i would commute to twin until i found a job. So he said we could just punch in the income we were getting and say we were commuting to see if we would be approved at that time. That way we could move in sooner. We got pre-approved and started papers on the townhouse. Because of advice from family and friends, plus the seller's irritating real estate agent, and the fact that our banker died in a car crash a few days later, we decided that we should re-look for a house instead. In July we went with another bank who said that everything would be fine and to go ahead and make on offer on a house that we liked. So we did. But a we couldn't get the loan to go through which is understandable, i just wish we would have known before we started this 2 month long process. So while Brady was in orientation 4 days before school started, i desperately looked for an apartment that we could lease month to month. We found one that was actually cute and was way cheaper than any rent we've ever payed before. We got it friday, drove to twin and packed all our things that night,(thank you mark, jay and jeff!!!) and moved to poky the next day after going to my cousins wedding. Suprisingly we liked our little apartment which has two bedrooms and tons of closet storage. We realized that it will take me a while to get a good job, brady only has a 25% chance of being in poky for his fourth year of school, and that we weren't willing to pay more than double our rent to get a house almost the same size. So we luckily got out of the contract due to our financing problem since i don't have a job yet, and we are happy to be staying in our inexpensive cute apartment. (mostly we love our furniture on loan from tom and annette. Thanks!!)
In June i had an interview in Pocatello at a dental office so while i was interviewing brady went looking for housing. When i got done, we looked up a real estate agent to show us around town to get a feel for the housing market. We decided we liked the new look of townhouses and thought they would suit us well. When we got back to twin we talked to a loan officer to see how much i would need to make as a hygienist to afford the town house. He asked what i would do if i couldn't find a job and i said i would commute to twin until i found a job. So he said we could just punch in the income we were getting and say we were commuting to see if we would be approved at that time. That way we could move in sooner. We got pre-approved and started papers on the townhouse. Because of advice from family and friends, plus the seller's irritating real estate agent, and the fact that our banker died in a car crash a few days later, we decided that we should re-look for a house instead. In July we went with another bank who said that everything would be fine and to go ahead and make on offer on a house that we liked. So we did. But a we couldn't get the loan to go through which is understandable, i just wish we would have known before we started this 2 month long process. So while Brady was in orientation 4 days before school started, i desperately looked for an apartment that we could lease month to month. We found one that was actually cute and was way cheaper than any rent we've ever payed before. We got it friday, drove to twin and packed all our things that night,(thank you mark, jay and jeff!!!) and moved to poky the next day after going to my cousins wedding. Suprisingly we liked our little apartment which has two bedrooms and tons of closet storage. We realized that it will take me a while to get a good job, brady only has a 25% chance of being in poky for his fourth year of school, and that we weren't willing to pay more than double our rent to get a house almost the same size. So we luckily got out of the contract due to our financing problem since i don't have a job yet, and we are happy to be staying in our inexpensive cute apartment. (mostly we love our furniture on loan from tom and annette. Thanks!!)
3 comments:
Cute home! Glad you guys are enjoying it! :)
It's crazy how things just tend to work out, eh? Your apartment looks way good. I'm hoping that Jordan and I will be able to drop by on our way through town. I'll give you a call when I know what we are doing for sure.
Good luck finding a job!
Yay! What a whirlwind, at least you are settled somewhere for awhile, take your time and just see if a home does come along that is a steal of a deal! I miss you guys around here though... "R Wednesdays" just aren't the same. Can't wait till you come home for a visit!
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