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clairedelunar OP t1_jbwcu8z wrote

Reply to comment by tradedaily in For the love of God, someone please sell me your home by clairedelunar

We’re ideally looking for a 3bd/2ba with an updated kitchen that otherwise isn’t a major fixer upper (I’m cool with painting, refreshing/updating a bathroom, doing a few DIY fixes but I really don’t want to have to renovate a kitchen and/or live in a construction zone).

We are only looking in certain locations which is what makes it difficult: Cranston (Edgewood, Meshanticut, Eden Park, Garden City, western Cranston) and the Elmhurst area of Providence.

We do have an agent who is great! We’ve been looking seriously/making offers for the last 3-4 months. We were so close to getting a home recently (estate sale in Cranston in the Dean Estates area) but the inspection revealed some major issues and we had to back out to avoid buying a complete money pit. We were close to homeownership in December too but just got in at the wrong time- we had a backup offer on a house but the original deal went through (home ended up selling for $10k less than our back up offer)

We’re keeping our hopes up that we will land in the right home at the right time! I just took to Reddit to vent today cause it was one of those days lol

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realbadaccountant t1_jbx6cbh wrote

Good on you guys for being patient. I know it can be hard when you’re gung ho about buying and sometimes if you squint, a house that’s not right for you looks like the right one.

We own but almost bought a house that cost 2.5x our current house with no additional square footage just to be 5 minutes from the ocean. Then it dawned on us: who gives a shit if you’re 5 minutes from the ocean or 25 minutes from the ocean? You still have to drive. Best decision we’ve made since buying our first house.

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