House Hunting

I often look at houses online just to see what is out there. Sunday morning I was bored and yet again looking at houses. There was this one house at $130,000 in Prairie Village that just looked amazing. When I got home I informed Linda (my dad's girlfriend who happens to be a Realtor) that I we wanted to see a house just for fun. Well, Ryan and I fell in love with the home, and it dawned on us that we could really buy a house if we wanted to.

We had always figured when Ryan's leases runs out in December that he and I would rent a home.  Ryan hated the idea of renting as he felt we would just be throwing all our money away. We research renting vs buying a home and found that a mortgage payment can be less than paying rent. Also, with owning a home we would get our money back when we sold it,  would be able to fix things ourselves, and remodel or paint the house if we wanted to.

The house we fell in love with was a scam and not really for sale. So now we are house hunting. It is hard as everyone has opinions on what we should and should not be looking for in a house, such as price, size, location. We know what we want, it may be different from what our families or friends would want in a house, but that's okay, it is our house.

So what do we want in a house:

1. Small so utility cost are low

2. Move in ready (Do not want a fixer upper)

3. In Prairie Village

4. 3 bedroom (master, office, guest room)

5. Either slab or full basement

6. Formal dinning room.

7. Fenced back yard.

8. Ranch Style

House we liked, but was a scam.