Yesterday we bit the bullet. Apartment living, as "quaint" as it may be, is becoming very tiresome. This is the first apartment we have lived in since we were in Orlando several years ago. Since then, we've rented houses until we moved here.
We decided that living in an apartment was fine for just the two of us. We'd save money, get the heck out of busy Knoxville and there would be less upkeep. Hard to worry about upkeep on something you don't own, right? Also, my older son lives with us now. It's a little bit of a tight squeeze.
Lately, this apartment complex is really going to the dogs. Two nights ago I was sound asleep only to wake up to actual, for real, honest-to-goodness gunshots and a woman SCREAMING outside my building. Niiiiiice. I jumped up and called 911 and the cops were here before I put the phone back onto the cradle. That was good. Cops everywhere. Spotlights everywhere. In and out of all the buildings here, the cops were here for hours. I heard that they eventually arrested someone. Don't know anything beyond that.
So now we are really going to buy a house. We contacted Wells Fargo to start the preapproval process for a mortgage and we have a real estate agent looking high and low for a house for us.
Wish me luck and advice is welcomed!
We decided that living in an apartment was fine for just the two of us. We'd save money, get the heck out of busy Knoxville and there would be less upkeep. Hard to worry about upkeep on something you don't own, right? Also, my older son lives with us now. It's a little bit of a tight squeeze.
Lately, this apartment complex is really going to the dogs. Two nights ago I was sound asleep only to wake up to actual, for real, honest-to-goodness gunshots and a woman SCREAMING outside my building. Niiiiiice. I jumped up and called 911 and the cops were here before I put the phone back onto the cradle. That was good. Cops everywhere. Spotlights everywhere. In and out of all the buildings here, the cops were here for hours. I heard that they eventually arrested someone. Don't know anything beyond that.
So now we are really going to buy a house. We contacted Wells Fargo to start the preapproval process for a mortgage and we have a real estate agent looking high and low for a house for us.
Wish me luck and advice is welcomed!