Better......

On Sunday, we went and saw our friend Jennifer at an Open House she was holding in the Indian Ridge neighborhood.

We first met her when we were renting a house in the neighborhood. I don't remember exactly how, but she and her husband became friends of ours and even attended the church I was starting for a time.

During this time, we were looking to buy a house. I had come across a Realtor that seemed nice enough and she showed us various properties. With her help, we placed offers on several houses. I think she was getting frustrated with us when she started telling us that she didn't know what we were looking for. Well, how about houses similar to the ones we put offers on?

She even went so far as to show us the listing for a house that we really liked, then told us, when we immediately told her we were interested, that the house had been sold some time before. Finally, she told us again that she didn't know what we were looking for and she would have to turn us over to a couple who specialized in working with people like us. Ok, that was insulting, but whatever.

Now, keep in mind that we did find one house that we were certain that we didn't want. It belonged to an old acquaintance and we were certain we didn't want to live in that house. Since we liked the neighborhood it was in, we had looked at the listing a couple of times and agreed that we didn't want it. Not only because of the weirdness factor, but we just didn't care for the house. And, as long as we were the ones deciding....

So, we went for an interview with the couple that we were dumped onto. They immediately began to let us know how they were going to find the perfect house for us. Barely stopping to hear one thing we said, they dove in and let us know how happy we were going to be with the house they picked out and how it would fit all of our expectations and be in our price range. Wow! Maybe they were going to build it for us.

So, a couple of days later, they let us know that they had found the house for us. It was, of course, the one house that we had decided not to buy. It was then that we decided just to keep renting where we were for a while.

When we explained our plight to Jennifer, she told us that she was wanting to get back into realty and would we look at a few houses with her. Well, sure, why not?

So, we looked at several, put offers on a couple and then, since we were already frustrated with the whole deal, decided we were done looking and took a trip to California. When all else fails, go to California.

Jennifer called us and asked when we would be back. She had one more house to show us. It ended up being the one that we happily bought and are happily living in now.

Thanks Jennifer.