This past weekend Glenn and I took advantage of the heat and went to the pool in his neighborhood along with some of his Magic friends. We also played some Magic and other games. I picked up some frames and a table for my new office at work. We both enjoyed not looking for a week. I think we needed to recharge.
This week I'm focusing on packing. So far I have 15 boxes packed and donated my small bookcase that I got from Target in 1998 to someone in my complex. I set it out by the trash and two hours later it was gone.
We have a long list of properties to look at on Sunday. We'll be looking in Tustin, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills and Mission Viejo.
My aunt sent us an update on a short sale in Lake Forest that we liked. It's still available, however, when I was looking over the details again, I noticed that the roof is listed as being made of wood shingles. Since Orange County is fire country, this is not good. We'll probably go back to check it out one more time, but a new roof would be very expensive, especially since the fire season would begin in the fall.
I'm going to try to keep a blog about my house hunting experience, even though Glenn and I have been looking for over a month already. Melissa suggested I do this, so here goes.
Yesterday, we went back to a SFR in Irvine that is listed at $449k to get Glenn's dad's opinion about the work involved to make the property nice. Basically, this house would need a new everything. At that price we wouldn't have much cash left over for the work we would need done before we could even live in the house. Glenn's dad thought it would be too much for us, and we agreed. It might be the only shot at a SFR in Irvine, but the market is still weak, so we'll see.
We made an offer last week on a 4br 2.5ba condo in Laguna Hills. They countered, we counter-countered, and another bid came in. The other bidders have $300k for a down payment, so most likely the sellers will choose them over us, since we can only put 10% down.
After looking at well over 50 properties in the past month and a half, Glenn wanted to take a break this weekend. We'll be going out again a week from Sunday to look at more properties and hopefully find something else on which to make an offer. Now, I need to start packing since my lease is ending on May 30. I have seven or nine boxes packed so far with many left to go.
