plans change..life goes on..

Well so we didn't buy just land to build a house. In order for life to be more simple right now we decided it would be better to look for houses with land. So we did and found a great house on couple of acres with a possible income potential and the possibility of more land in the future if the people decide to sell near us:)The neighbors told us that the garden spot in the back is one of the best in the county:) That is very exciting the garden is huge, not sure if ours will be that big this year but will definitely have a garden!! I love to play volleyball in the backyard and we have a great space for that too!! The selling point for us was the country setting and my hubby gets a shop after 4 years of no creative outlet space he now has his own building!! The house it self needs updates and some work but this will be our first house we have not built and should be interesting to work on! Also this is the first house I have not just showed up to with a key , meaning I have work to do and some say so in what happens to it LOL... Jeff still says we will buy land somewhere else to just have a place to escape the world another blog for another day! I can only focus on this right now!! This still means we have a beautiful house in the city for lease but if market picks up we can sell or just lease it. At any rate if you know someone who wants to lease let me know the house is amazing and in a great city local!
On the same note We had a wonderful realtor, Jennifer Douglass and if you need one I recommend her. She always made sure we understood everything. In the closing we had a notary for a closer and this being our first real purchase (meaning not construction loans going to a mortgage) this closer was just sliding papers across for us to sign, I was getting uncomfortable and starting trying to read the legal jargon but of course we didn't have enough time...after a few signatures Jennifer our realtor said stop, and she was not comfortable with the closer not explaining what we were signing...at that point Jeff said "I have been through 4 closings and have never had a closer just slide the papers over for me to sign"..the closer didn't know what she was doing and had no clue so Jennifer went and got our banker who just reassured us this was normal and went over the questions we had. Afterwards both Jenn and banker said the closer had not a clue.This made me feel really good that we had someone who knew what they were doing. That is my story I have had other Realtors and sold other properties and bought other properties but Jennifer has been a great fit for us and is very thorough,,and not afraid of saying what is wrong or right!