Stage 1: Completed

With yesterday being all about pranks and nonsense I figured this could wait a day if I wanted anyone to believe me, but I managed to get off my couch and into my bank where I procured the true catalyst for buying a house: a pre-approval letter. Now I’m not just looking, I’m hunting for a house. My house.  Exciting!

The essentials on my checklist is a 3 bed/1-2 bathroom house (no condos or townhouses or divided buildings or anything) with over 1000 sq feet, a garage, and not a huge yard. And it can’t be in some ghetto ass neighborhood where I won’t be comfortable (that cuts out like 3/4 of town ). Now the features I’m hoping to find within those constraints are some good sized trees around the place, central heating and air, and hardwood floors throughout. Oh, and no pool. If I can find something like that I’ll be happy. Listings get bonus points if they have a covered patio, porch, or carport.

Of course condition and layout make a difference, but this is just the first tier triage selection… If it doesn’t make that initial list, I don’t want to even bother looking at it. I’ve already found a pile to look into that are in my price range and pass the checklist. Now I just have to narrow the field…