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Hello all,
It's been a few months since I've been anywhere resembling active on here. It's been a whirlwind of work and personal matters as of late it seems. One of those is a massive first time for me, which was buying a home. I ended up finding a fantastic corner lot house just a handful of blocks down from where I currently live, for the right price and with the sellers making a really gracious deall overall. The only stressful thing about the whole endeavor was that the sellers needed someone who could close in less than a month on the house, which I somehow managed to work out. I closed this past Friday and get to start moving in on Monday! Even better, being in the same neighborhood means that all of my services and utilities get to transfer over seamlessly, and I get to finally redecorate and rearrange as I see fit, instead of bowing to the whims of a property manager. The only concerning item that came back in the home inspection was that the local power company (Portland General Electric) decided to put their utility pole for the block through the sewer line for the property, but after video evidence and excavation confirmed the issue, they were gracious enough to cover the repairs for the line.
I consider myself extremely lucky, as I never expected to be able to buy a home at the ripe old age of 26, in the current housing market in the PNW, but here I am! Here's to a wonderful adventure in front of me!
It's been a few months since I've been anywhere resembling active on here. It's been a whirlwind of work and personal matters as of late it seems. One of those is a massive first time for me, which was buying a home. I ended up finding a fantastic corner lot house just a handful of blocks down from where I currently live, for the right price and with the sellers making a really gracious deall overall. The only stressful thing about the whole endeavor was that the sellers needed someone who could close in less than a month on the house, which I somehow managed to work out. I closed this past Friday and get to start moving in on Monday! Even better, being in the same neighborhood means that all of my services and utilities get to transfer over seamlessly, and I get to finally redecorate and rearrange as I see fit, instead of bowing to the whims of a property manager. The only concerning item that came back in the home inspection was that the local power company (Portland General Electric) decided to put their utility pole for the block through the sewer line for the property, but after video evidence and excavation confirmed the issue, they were gracious enough to cover the repairs for the line.
I consider myself extremely lucky, as I never expected to be able to buy a home at the ripe old age of 26, in the current housing market in the PNW, but here I am! Here's to a wonderful adventure in front of me!