It's Official!

I’m a home owner! I closed on the house yesterday afternoon. I thought I was going to get writers’ cramps from signing my name so many times, but I was expecting that. It was a pretty painless process overall. It’s amazing how much electronic communication has really changed the way business is done. I never even met my mortgage broker until after I finished signing the papers! We had done all of the work over phone, fax and e-mail. While we were sitting there (agents, brokers, sellers and myself) waiting for the finalization of everything, we were all making small talk. The couple I just bought the house from is moving to a condo in California – since they no longer need things like hoses, sprinklers, shovels, rakes, etc, I scored all of that stuff for free! Rock on!

They officially move out three weeks from today, so now I will start prepping for the move. Once they move out, I will take about 2 weeks to clean, paint and get ready to move in. I’ve hired movers to move my furniture on 5/24 and that is when it will be official. It still seems like so far away.

Still…I’m a home owner. Woohoo!