HOUSE HUNTING: CONDO or HOUSE

Single family home

Condo

I'll have to admit that I had no idea how difficult it was going to be to buy a home in the Denver area. 

We were so excited when our home here in Riverton got a cash offer and everything went well. After a little negotiating back and forth we came to an agreement with June 26th as our closing date.

Now Cindy has been looking online at houses in the Denver area for many many months. It's just something she likes to do. We had been told that the Denver market was very hot. But now that we are trying to buy a home there we have discovered just how hot it is. 

We have been looking at single-family homes but added condos to our list. I always thought a home with a small yard and privacy close to amenities was exactly what we were looking for. But I've grown accustomed to the idea of living in a condo also close to amenities of course. 

Cindy would show me a property online from time to time and I would look at it and give my opinion but I wasn't taking it too seriously until now. Last week we saw a property listed that we both really liked. It had just gone on the market on Friday. So Cindy gathered all of our financial information and I faxed it to our realtor and so we were working like crazy to get all of our ducks in a row so we could make a credible offer on this property. She drove the 7 hours to Denver and went to see the property with her daughter Laura. Laura using her phone gave me a tour of the property. It looked really good. I could certainly see ourselves living there. Then the property owners evaluated our offer and decided to go with another buyer who had no contingencies. We still have to close on our house. Earlier we had decided that if we got it it was meant to be and if we didn't get it that was also meant to be. We believe God is in charge. We were disappointed but not overly so. Now we have a clearer understanding of just how hot the Denver Market is. The property will go online in the morning and we'll have an offer by the afternoon or by the end of the day anyway. 

Truthfully I am rather in the dumps about this process because it is hard to see how we could possibly buy a house or condo that we just love with having so little time to even think about it. Now Laura is going to be asked 2 be our eyes down in Denver. If she sees it and likes it knowing what we like we may end up putting an offer on it sight unseen. We could get out of it during the inspection. This is something totally new for us and frankly stressful.