Tuesday, April 6, 2010

One Item to check Off My New Years List!

It is only four months into the New Year and I am able to cross off one of the items on my New Years…buying a house. This week I will be opening escrow on my very first home! Hooray!

My boyfriend and I looked at 100 or more homes and they all were overpriced, too old, or snatched up so quickly by other buyers we didn’t get a fighting chance. We finally agreed on a home in pretty Glendale Arizona. (p.s the car in the driveway is the former tenant.)

It is a foreclosure so there will be a lot to fix up in the next month. Floors, paint, doors, fixtures, landscaping, cleaning - you name it, it has to be scrubbed to death or replaced. I will be sure to photograph and blog our progress and how things come along. I am super scared but super excited.

If anyone has any tips for painting, flooring, cleaning etc - please share! I love to hear creative new ideas.