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Being your own buyer; a traumatic experience...............
So for the past few months my wife and I have been looking for a new home for ourselves.
We feel like it's time to make the move to one level living and stop lugging groceries, laundry, and ourselves from downstairs to upstairs each time we come into our garage.
OK, no big deal, I think, I'm a trained professional with years of experience finding hundreds of great homes for other buyers. How much trouble could it be to find one for my little bride and I.
Well after finding two "perfect homes" and being unable to buy either of them, I'm thinking this may be a little bit harder than I thought.
First we find this great home in the north part of town, a little bit further north than we really wanted to be but I was willing to go a few extra miles to work so I start doing some research prior to making an offer. This home has been on the market since October of 2006 and I find out it's a corporate transfer so they're ready to look at an offer and get moving I think.
Wrong! After making an initial offer which was rejected out of ... more

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