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I posted a while back about needing to find a place to live and considering buying a condo. (And then about how overwhelmed I am with the whole idea.) The nicest place I’ve found so far is part of an affordable housing program, so I put in the application with them to see if I even qualify to be able to buy it in the first place. I found out today my income is in the right range for it, but not I’m not officially approved yet (she had to check some other numbers). But the seller’s agent said we could negotiate verbally contingent on that, if I wanted to put in an offer. So I did. In part because it’s really the only realistic option and in my price range I’m not gonna find a whole lot around here. The place is cute, (pictures here) a little small but 2 bedrooms and well kept, and the major things (furnace, laundry, floors) are relatively new. I’ve been kinda letting it gel in my brain a bit, I guess, and I think I can see myself living there.
So we threw out an offer, and she came back with something else, and we raised it some, and my cousin just left me a message that she has another counter (but didn’t say what it was). But I didn’t answer the phone. None of this is official at this point cuz I’m not officially approved to even be able to buy the place.
So now I'm going back and forth in my mind if i really want this place or if i'm just feeling pressure to find something, and knowing there's not a lot out there in my price range. My other options are to find another apartment somewhere, or see if I can get an extension on my lease here for a month or two, but that would only be worth doing if I think something else will come up in that time frame (I can’t afford this place on my own for any longer than that). Or stay at my parents’ house for a while, which would require putting some of my stuff in storage (and I really don’t want to be living there indefinitely).
I feel like I don’t know how to make a decision this big…help?
So we threw out an offer, and she came back with something else, and we raised it some, and my cousin just left me a message that she has another counter (but didn’t say what it was). But I didn’t answer the phone. None of this is official at this point cuz I’m not officially approved to even be able to buy the place.
So now I'm going back and forth in my mind if i really want this place or if i'm just feeling pressure to find something, and knowing there's not a lot out there in my price range. My other options are to find another apartment somewhere, or see if I can get an extension on my lease here for a month or two, but that would only be worth doing if I think something else will come up in that time frame (I can’t afford this place on my own for any longer than that). Or stay at my parents’ house for a while, which would require putting some of my stuff in storage (and I really don’t want to be living there indefinitely).
I feel like I don’t know how to make a decision this big…help?
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