Everything happens for a reason - Our House Experience

Everything does happen for a reason!

A few days ago escrow closed and we now own our own home.  A house that was only possible for us to now have because of a dozen of circumstances that fell perfectly in place.

The first house we had in escrow, I didn't care for too much. Its just that house was the only house in the area we wanted and within our budget at the time.  So when the sellers of that house cancelled two days before escrow was due to close, it was disappointing and frustrating at the time.  I thought it would be impossible to find another house within our budget in that same area.

Then our agent shows us a house that looked to be way outside of our budget.  There initial asking price was $80,000 over our budget which is a huge difference.  But because of the events that happened so perfectly we got our gorgeous (perfect in my eyes)  home within our budget.

The house had been on the market for 6 months and was listed at its value.  However the listing agent who was their family member made a lot of mistakes when they listed the house.  They listed it as a Condo when it is nothing close to a condo, they didn't list the school district it was in and its a very highly sought after school district, they were offering way less than the lowest norm for the buyers agent, and they didn't have an easy way to show the house.  So for all of these reasons they kept dropping the price of the house trying to sell it.

No one is going to want to even look at a condo (which is what people thought it was from the listing) for that price and not many agents are going to want to show the house as what they would make would be exceptionally low.

Luckily we had an agent with a good heart. When she showed us the house, they were still asking $40,000 more than our budget.  She talked them down another $20,000 and got them to agree to pay closing costs.  They agreed to pay closing costs as long as we let them stay 30 days after escrow closes as the new house they were buying would not be ready to move into until then other wise they wouldn't have paid closing costs and we wouldn't have been able to buy the house!

This house has been remodeled and updated over the last five years due to last owners believing it was the house they were going to retire in.  Until the husband seen some brand new houses being built in San Dimas and decided to buy one.  Otherwise they said they wouldn't have put the amount of money that they did into the house if they knew they were going to sell it.  It has brand new installation, plumping, floors, kitchen, bathroom, roof, etc. And for Covina that is very, very good.  Not a flipped house either, this was quality remodeling and updating.

I still can't believe everything worked out and we got this house which is a million times better than the last one and we only paid slightly more.

If we wouldn't have gone through the whole ordeal with the first house we would have tried buy something else or better settled for something else and we would have never had this opportunity.  Then to buy this house at the price we did when its definitely worth almost $100,000 more than what we paid for it.  I just can't believe it.

Through this entire experience I have definitely learned that everything happens for a reason. I had gotten so stressed out and lost hope in ever finding a decent home in the area we wanted it and within our budget, and then we end up with something way beyond my expectations.  

I should of learned from my experience with Albert.  I followed my heart with him and he is beyond what I ever dreamed could have been. Then the house.  Hopefully I can take these lessons and learn how to apply them to my health and career.

This was a good reminder of the truths, "Ask and you shall receive" and "Everything happens for a reason".