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Beauty on the Backroads

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We don’t know what we don’t know

April 13, 2017

A month or so ago, my husband and I decided it was time to start the home buying process. We connected with a realtor who came highly recommended by a friend. She pointed us to a lender so we could get the paperwork started and get an idea of how much house we could afford.

And it all started to overwhelm me.

Last week, I started taking a class for first-time homebuyers. It’s a series of three classes spread out over a week and I’ve left the first two in tears. I had no idea home buying was so difficult. Maybe it isn’t for everyone, but the whole process sounds more terrifying than fun.

Until we started researching and asking questions and taking steps, we didn’t know all the things we didn’t know about buying a house. And we still don’t know even a quarter of it, I’m sure.

For a couple of smart people, this seems to be a theme lately.

You can read the rest of this post at Putting on the New. I blog there on the 12th of each month.

Filed Under: city living, faith & spirituality Tagged With: home buying, putting on the new

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