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My life has been nothing but about my condo. I talk to the lender one minute, then my agent, then my parents. It all revolves around “money.” You would not think money is so important until you buy a place. One minute is the interest rate, the other minute is bargaining for a lower price, etc. The seller and I have been bickering over $1500!! In the end, the two agents got annoyed and decided to chip in to make up the difference. Go agents. Then there were all these paper work as to how to cut up the money. Apparently, they can’t just write me a check for the difference and I put it into my downpay, we need to put it into an escrow account and it’s considered a concession. The other way to go around it was to just have the seller sells it for less and pay less commission to the agent. This way she saves $52! Can you believe it, we are down to less than $100 difference and the old lady is still pondering?! My parents were ready to cut a check the moment she heard both of us are unwilling to budge, but to my defense, the old lady is only going down from her asking price by $500!! That is nothing in the whole scheme of things.

I am definitely going crazy just thinking about the place. It would be so cool to have my place, but at the same time kinda scary. I have never bought anything big before. This is like my first big big purchase. One good thing about it is that I can have a party, do anything I want to the place and it will be ok since it’s mine. On the other hand, I can’t really do much to the place because all my money is sucked into the place. What a dilemma huh? I should just be independently wealthy. That would solve all my problems. Then I can just have everyone do what I want to the place. I hope I will never default on the place. It’s weird having to pay out so much of my paycheck just for a place. It’s only one thing, but it will just suck me dry.

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I just put in an offer for a condo yesterday. I am hearing back from them today. I am soooooooo nervous. I wonder if they would like my offer and what kind of counteroffer are they thinking about. It's kinda exciting to get a new place. Ok let me tell you all about my new crib if she accepts my offer.

It overlooks the city and the mountains. It's a corner unit. There are 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. The bathrooms have like fake marbly feel to it and they are both really big. The bedrooms have the views of the mountains. They don't have walk in closets, but they are one side of the wall and it's really really deep so I can keep lots of stuff stored away. There are little linnen closets along the wall next to the masterbedroom. The two bedrooms can be closed off from the rest of the apt by a sliding door.

In my living area, there is a 3 door sliding door thingie so I can oversee the city. I don't have a patio tho, it's jsut a narrow railing outside. There are two chadeliers, one in the dining room and one in the corner of the living room area. I am not sure the second one is used for. The kitchen is a narrow hallway type. It has a double stove, a range and a fridge along one side of the wall. The other side is a sink and counter space around it. There are cabinets above everything. It's interesting, but the wallpaper will definitely have to go.

The dining room has two built in shelving stuff. I guess that is for dishes and china. Since I don't have any, I may have to put my stuffed animals there.

Anyhow, the whole palce is 1125 sq ft. which is humongous. I figure I will still get a roommate to pay for the mortgage. hehe. I also have a pool with a big deck and underground parking.

ok enough about my place... I will hear back by 5 today if they accepted my offer. I am jsut too anxious.