YAY A HOUSE!!!

This weekend Leita and I spent most of Saturday condo-hunting, looking at about 15 different properties in ~4 hours. We saw some decent places, some that needed a little TLC, and some dumps...

Our VERY last property, a 'bare land condo' in NW/NE Calgary, turned out to be absolutely perfect. It is a 4-level split condo, but the building is not attached to any other dwelling, making it a free-standing HOUSE! We walked in, fell in love, and rushed like mad to get our offer. As soon as we decided we wanted to make an offer our realtor (Dave Rose, a great guy) phoned the realtor selling the property and asked what was going on. The selling realtor said TWO offers were already on the table and he was just about to present them to the sellers. Dave asked if he could wait for half an hour so we could get ours in too, and he agreed. We scrambled like mad to one of his company's offices, rushed through signing everything like a bunch of crazy-people, and got it faxed. The realtor said they'd decide within an hour, so we drove back to our home, waited for 10 minutes, and got a phone call from Dave. He said we beat the next highest offer by $1000 and the place was ours.......... :O

Or, as Leita says sometimes, "WOOT!"

All I can say is, "Whoa..."