The decision to buy my house was pretty much a spur of the moment idea. My coworker had placed her home on the market several months prior to my family receiving a substantial increase in monthly income. I had never seen the house, but knew from talking with her I’d be interested in purchasing it.
I called her Realtor to make an appointment to view it, and he laughed at me when he learned that I wasn’t pre-qualified for a mortgage. The next day he contacted my coworker regarding another property that she had signed an agreement to purchase once her own property was sold.
The Realtor informed my coworker that whereas her house was not selling fast enough, and the value of the new home was going up, she would have to sign a new agreement for a higher price. She informed him that she would not do so, and then instructed him to remove his for sale sign from her property.
Within the next week I not only was approved for the mortgage, but I’d taken my brother with me on my first (and only) viewing of the home prior to purchasing it. The closing was the last week of that very same month.
Unfortunately, my coworker’s new home was not quite finished at that point. She wouldn’t be able to move in for another month, so I agreed to let her stay in the home with us for that month.
She was kind enough to fill the heating oil tank before she moved out as a gesture of thanks. We not only worked well together for our employer, but we did as house mates too.
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