The Holtonian

Head em up move em out

Well the great migration begins. We sold our house last Friday and close on it on the 26th of February, day after wifey's bday. Its been an insane week, we're frantically.... FRANTICALLY trying to find a home in ATL. We thought we had found one, but basically cost has come into play as we try to be wise with the money God has blessed us with.

Basically we've been house poor, we bought our first home because it was a great deal, not because we could afford it. So now as we look in a buyers market we're trying to not get into the temptation to buy more house than we could afford. I mean in some ways these houses could be great investments, but it would leave us cash strapped every month, and that's something that with kid, and more to come in the future that we just don't want to get into.

In some ways I guess Dave Ramsey has finally gotten to me. I've always been annoyed with people who were Ardent Ramsians, but there's wisdom there and I think buying a house that fits your needs, instead of one that is more than you can afford is important. There will always be homes out there that are great investments, and I think right now where we are it is smart to get one that fits our needs. We've had some cash flow the past few months with the new job, and its been real nice not having to worry too much about how to pay the bills so much.

We're looking in the Mableton area, in a lot of ways, because its Cobb county and its a good commute to down town. Basically you're provided several avenues to get into downtown. 75 if you have time, 20 if you leave before sunrise, or backroads which there are plenty of and just make sure you lock your car door.

Mableton is an up and coming area, basically folks are realizing its a good distance to and from downtown and new homes are sprining up like crazy. Its the south cobb drive area, and its got a good feel to it.

Since we're closing on the 26th though, we need to find a house pretty much this week so we can have 30 days to close. Its insane, we've looked the past two days and haven't found much we like. Wife's goin home with the baby to sort of take a break and I'm going to continue searching with our realtor hopefully today if she can squeeze in some time.

Then I also have this job to do... so its crazy trying to balance time. Luckily I got a laptop so i've been able to find hot spots here and there and work remotely. I'm in the office today, but yesterday I pulled some hours at panera.

The FIt is getting a lot of miles on it too, but hey that's what I got it for.

We feel very blessed that we sold the house though, and its important for us not to lose sight of that. We got what we wanted.... sometimes though I think we lose sight of the magnitude of what we want. We'll find something, or if push comes to shove we'll rent a few PODS and live in those.

If you want to help us move, call wifey and see if you can help us pack and keep the weekend of the 25 open as that's when we'll need some help.

Posted by holtonian at January 24, 2007 10:25 AM | TrackBack