So far, so so. We spent 4 hours with a realtor yesterday afternoon and came up with "just OK" impressions of everything we saw. I will admit, we are being a little cheap with this, but I just can't see stretching ourselves to the limit. Most of what we saw yesterday were foreclosures, so we had an odd mix of the following problems:
Evidence of previous leaks in the roof
Actual leaks in the floor
Poorly done remodeling projects - I mean who decided that a closet would convert to a closet/bathroom combo ... REALLY!
Swimming pool (that we don't even want) full of green water - YUCK!
Washer and Dryer in a little room that opens off the back porch - No laundry on rainy days!
The saddest thing to me was all of the missing and stolen things. Most of you have probably heard about people stealing things out of the house or tearing it up when it gets repossesed, but we actually saw it yesterday. These people actually took the A/C unit and completely wrecked their basement renovation, tore out paneling and everything. So sad. This one house, they took the knobs off the kitchen cabinets and took the stove and fridge. Just insane. Of course, if I was losing that much money, I would probably go a little nuts too.
We may actually buy a forecloseure though, because there is something nice about fixing a place up just the way you like it and we would have the extra money to do that if we didn't have to spend so much up front. We will see though. Meeting the Realtor again on Friday to see some more properties.
