Our House is SOLD!

Just wanted to let you know that this morning Josh and I SOLD our house!! Woo Hoo! We received an offer yesterday morning for $409K, 10K lower than what we were asking, so we countered it with $414K, a 45 day escrow and a 3 week period where we would rent back from them. They had 24 hours to respond and accepted the counter offer this morning! They want a 30 day mortgage though and said we could rent from them from May 1 to June 1 which works out perfectly for us b/c the money we make off the house will be in our bank account when we buy back home. The sweet thing about this is that they will be on vacation from May 1-June 8 which is why they accepted the rent back offer. They first wanted to end escrow June 8 but that was too long for us to wait to sell and get the funds from our home. We weren't sure if they would accept our counter, truthfully, I didn't think they would. So when our agent called us this morning, I was a bit in shock and kind of still am. We are very excited though that we found the perfect buyer (the next buyer may not have let us rent it back from them since most buyers want to move in as soon as escrow ends) and they seemed like a really nice couple. I guess we really lucked out and thank god we got a perfect deal!

Josh, Mia and I will most likely be flying back home at the beginning of May to look at homes we like and to see if we could find the one that is meant for us. We have a few right now that we like, but who knows if they will still be on the market in another month. Then right around the last week of May is when we plan to leave Cali (tear tear sniff sniff) and just thinking about it is making me sad. It's going to be bitter sweet and I don't really like good-byes, but we know we have to do it...and that is it a perfect time to move. We just hope we can find a house we really like and fall in love with!

We still can't believe we sold our house this quickly! It is amazing and god definitely helped us out. :) We are very thankful to say the least!

Sorry for the novel, but just wanted to let you know about the good news and how happy we are!