Comments on: Restarting Our House Hunt

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:23:09 +0000

Hey there,

I can tell you from our experience that sometimes it takes long and you will go through highs and lows. I live with my husband in Montreal (Canada) and we did some intense house hunting for 3 years. The prices kept on increasing in those three years so we did not even consider our area of choice in the first place – too expensive.

However, 15 offers later, multiple bidding wars, some crazy counter offers – some where we did back out because our “gut” feeling was telling us to wait on the “perfect” home, we finally got our home in the area we wanted most. It’s a fixer upper but the location is in the top two within the city.

Everybody were telling us we were crazy, that we were too picky. We had three agents quit on us. But, in the end, we hung in there strongly and got what we wanted. It was a mix of extreme patience and luck (and some tears at times lol).

This is just some encouragements I am sending you and to let you know to never never give up on a good location. It is key and you will never lose with your investment in a prime area.

By the way, I’d like to share this about our home. Totally random but it’s worth it. The old lady that passed away at 96 that lived in that home all of her life (since 1923) didn’t have any family or relatives. So when she died, all of what she had, including the proceeds for the sale of the house (which we bought) went as a donation to a dog rescue center. To me, that is one fun fact I love about our home :-)

Good luck !

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:46:01 +0000

In reply to Breanna Marie.

Yup, we’ll come across houses that are a little bit of a stretch on price and think ok we can maybe make that work… Then we see that we’re going to have to re-do everything and it’s nowhere near worth it.
I seriously appreciate the reciprocated seriousness of TJ’s proximity. It can really be an ordeal with LA traffic!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:42:53 +0000

In reply to Anita Mishra.

Oh I’m sure NYC is awful for this! Good luck to you too, Anita.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:42:08 +0000

In reply to Sofia.

Thank you, Sofia! I think we’re going to be in this for a long time… thoughts of leaving CA are present too but I just don’t see myself having the strength to do that haha.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:41:08 +0000

In reply to Jillian.

Sound advice, and I totally agree with you. O has been on top of keeping an eye on stock and he’s thinking as well it’s going to pop soon… Could so use a home and bigger space soon but we’re going to be careful not to rush it! Great points and I really appreciate your insight, forreal. Thanks, Jillian!

By: Breanna Marie

Breanna Marie — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:08:31 +0000

LA is absolutely the worst as far as pricing on dilapidated houses you’re going to have to put a ton of money into. And Trader Joe’s proximity in LA is also super important (in my book, too) because you need to be able to run out to get what you forgot and not need it to take an hour there and an hour back.

Ah the joys of LA.

https://bybreannamarie.com/

By: Anita Mishra

Anita Mishra — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:24:46 +0000

I am looking in NYC and its crazy here i am sure something will turn up soon for your guys! Good luck

By: Sofia

Sofia — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:48:36 +0000

LA is rough. In fact, all of California is rough in regards to the housing market and trying to snag a good home! Everyone jumps on them so quick and it’s definitely a highly competitive market. I wish you both much luck! I’m sure something great will come up soon!

xo, Sofia
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