Met up with our Real Estate Agent, Kevin on Wed. evening, we asked our agent in Boise if she could put us in touch with someone here, and she got a hold of the Coldwell Banker office, who in turn put us with Kevin. After meeting with him, and spending the last two days with him we know that GOD was really the one who put us together with Kevin, what a blessing! We had mentioned to Joyce (agent in Boise) that we wanted an agent who was a Christian, and Kevin said he didn’t quite know how he was chosen to work with us, but his office obviously knew he was the man for the job. Divine appointments. So, met with him Wed. late afternoon, and he took us out to Summerfield, an area the locals call “horse country” we think it was like Eagle, Idaho, or Tustin, Calif. The house was cute, about 800 Sq. Ft. but needed some structural work, not a good thing. We went back to the office and got online and found 98 properties in our range, spent a couple hours looking at them,
Kevin vetoed some properties by their locations, and we vetoed some for various other reasons. We ended up with about 15, agreed to meet at 9am Thursday to start the search. We saw a really cute place in High Point, built in 1902, had original molding and hardwood floors (would need refinishing) the bathroom and kitchen (in all the properties we saw) would need updating, but in the end we felt it was too close to the middle school, about 3 houses away. We imagined lots of kids lolly-gagging down the street twice a day, 5 days a week-not what we were looking for. We saw some real dumps, and some with potential, we broke for lunch while Kevin had another appointment, and then met back up to see some in Winston-Salem. The sun was setting, and we were at the end of our list…
and there it was, right there on Opportunity Street-literally! 1953 Cottage, new siding and windows, good roof and good inside lay-out. Spectacular yard, woods on the east and behind, and across the street. Only neighbors on the west side and they are probably 40ft away with trees in between. We will of course have to do some updates, change out the heating/cooling system and install a fence (probably one of those invisible fences) update the kitchen and bath (which we are old pros at) and possibly have new floors installed. The house is listed at $34,000 so we have plenty of budget to play with. Here is a link: http://listings.triadmls.net/SearchDetail/Scripts/PrtBuyFul/PrtBuyFul.asp?prp=mls&AgentId=HPEGUESK&EmailKey=1156352 God is so good! Kevin is talking to the listing agent this morning, and we will arrange to have an inspection done, then we will make an offer, the place is empty, so move in could take as little as two weeks. Exciting! PWe are currently staying at the Oak Hollow campground in High Point. It’s really close to the realtor and has cable but doesn’t have internet. We are backed right up the lake which is cool but we are ready to have a house. Gar loves to be in the “House” with us (and he can’t behave outside, barks at anyone near the campsite) but Loki lives to be outside. I didn’t think he would like the heat and humidity but it is like pulling teeth to get him back inside. When we are here you’ll find him sprawled in the dirt at the end of his leash. Kevin the realtor has been a great blessing. He goes to a great church that sounds like is really hard at it. He is part of a ministry that ministers to people with AIDS as well as drug and alcohol related issues. He also goes with his church street witnessing. He said it gets easier! We didn’t get to go to church on Thursday night…Kevin had canceled his appointment and wanted to take us out looking for a house…and it paid off. It’s hard to believe we could be in it so quickly. Paige just spoke with Kevin and he said the owner of the property lives in Virginia and has owned it since 1972. He has recently been upgrading it, new windows, siding etc. We are meeting with Kevin at 3pm to work up an offer. He expects we can be in it in 15 days. M
.JPG)