Buying My First Home

by Matthew
(NY)

It was finally time to move out of my parent’s house. I didn’t want to move out but, I thought it was time because I was old enough and had a good job established. My girlfriend and I wanted a place to call our own.

We first started out buy figuring out how much money we could put down on a house and how much we could afford. We figured out how much to put away for bills and other expenses.

During that month we went online and shopped around looking for homes to buy. There were a ton of houses on the market then in 2008. We must have gone to twenty open houses and none of them really fit our criteria, or really felt right.

Then with a stroke of luck, my girlfriend’s grandma’s best friend wanted to sell her moms house. It was the perfect size and a great starter house for us. It needed some work but all in all it was perfect.

After a couple months the friend sold us the house for an amazing price. The process was long and boring with a lot of waiting.

Finally the day came to sign the papers! Finally we get our new home. It was the happiest day of our lives!