The apartment search is taking over my life, and what I'm finding out is you can't always get what you want! Last night we had dinner with Barb and Fred and discussed apartment living and how they started out their search. They made compromises by location. I think we are going to have to compromise in some part of our search, because anything that looks too good to be true actually is too good to be true.
We discussed purchasing over renting. Obviously a better solution if financially ready! I wish we could go right to purchasing. Maybe after a year or two of saving, plus secure jobs––remember Paul is in a contract position and my income is dependent on my company's business... Potentially we could go the same route Barb and Fred did, purchase a townhouse/condo and probably pay close to the same we do in rent from what I've researched, slowly pay off our mortgage and get a nice investment. To only dream. We would never get a house out in Mass by the way. Too expensive!
For now, we drag on our apartment search. To stay in our nice town and live in a dingy attic apartment... To live in our nice town and live in a 255 sq ft apartment... Or to move to the ghetto, away from the ocean and live in a nice duplex loft with granite countertops that allows pets... We upped our budget on website searches and still haven't found a thing.
Amber
NEWS: Met with the realtor yesterday and she had nothing new to show us with her mulit-listing website. I wasn't impressed. Plus if she finds us a place that we can find ourselves, she would ask for at least $200-500 out of the deal. How does that make sense? The only perk is she may negotiate with landlords on the pet situation, which we can't do. My thoughts: take the money we would give her and put that towards rent to up our budget $25 a month. Today is our 6 month wedding anniversary––not that big of a deal, but kind of. Better than Vday. We're staying in and watching a movie.
Sweet pic. You'll find the apartment, I'm confident. Have you taken it to your church? Or advertised at other churches?
ReplyDeleteSomtimes there are older folks who need someone close by if they need help and will let someone live with them for free, or give them a discount on rent.Since you work at home, it would be a good solution.
Put up a note on some churches' boards. Not likely an older person's family would advertise on Craig's list for obvious reasons.
Praying, Mom