Apr 30 2009
My Absence, an Explanation
So as has happened all too frequently in the last six months, I’m here again to apologize for the ridiculous delay between posts. I suppose I’m not beholden to anyone to post–I don’t really make any money on this site, and no one loses any sleep when they don’t get to read my ramblings (I hope). I do this because I love living in Maine and hope to spread that message. So then, why the prolonged absence?
Well, this time I have a good excuse. You see, our lease on our apartment is expiring in a couple months, Uncle Sam is offering a nice pile of cash to buy a new home, and Amber and I really like it up here. All of this adds up to a good time to buy a house, and that’s exactly what we’ve done. Well, almost. We’re under contract. We won’t have officially bought the house until our closing in June, but we’re close. The house inspection is done and went well. We’re waiting on the appraisal, and subsequent mortgage approval. After that, it’s just a matter of trying to occupy the next month and a half with more packing than furniture shopping. The process of getting from talking about it to under contract has consumed just about all of our free time for the last 6 weeks; thus, no posts on here.
At the suggestion of my realtor and several other friends and advisors, I’m not going to reveal much in the way of details about the house we hope to call our home by late June. I will, however, be putting the finishing touches on a series of posts I’ve been writing about the home buying process up here in Maine. In the next couple weeks I will be sharing some details about the first-time homebuyer course we took, our search for a realtor and mortage lender, and the house hunt itself. Stay tuned…
Jason and Amber:
As we say in Brooklyn, mazel tov.
Sorry we are losing you as city residents. Glad you are staying in Maine. We are close to signing a contract to sell our co-op in Brooklyn and plan to move up full-time in September.
Look forward to your forthcoming posts and feel free to ask Dana and I any housing questions you two may have. We have a great contractor should you be looking etc.
All the best. Steve