| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- needles and pins We put in a bid on the house yesterday. The seller has until noon today to accept/reject/counter-offer. Aiiiiiiiii...it's 10:40 a.m. right now. So of course I am on pins and needles. I could barely sleep last night. I am both excited and apprehensive. We don't have the house and I already have buyer's remorse - this is normal right? I keep thinking: OK, it's the first house in your price range (ok, a wee bit out of our price range, but do-able) that you've fallen in love with. Maybe you should keep looking. I keep thinking: Is it too much of a high-crime area? It is, after all, right by Neighborhood X ....a pretty sketchy neighborhood that is slowly coming up thanks to efforts of local business-owners, the chamber of commerce, arts groups, etc. Last night I went on the police dept. Web site and checked the sex offender database and crime mapping database. At first I was really dismayed to see that there are two registered sex offenders living on the street behind "our" house and also how the crime-mapping map was just riddled with little colored stars (the stars look so pretty ..they should have used target symbols instead). But then I ran the same search on our current neighborhood - which is one of the city's nicest and most well-respected. Hello, there are two registered sex offenders just two streets over and the damn map is thick with stars. I guess money really can't buy you everything -- especially peace of mind. Everyone we talk to thinks the house is a good deal in a neighborhood that's rich with potential and development. I know that just a year ago houses in that area were going for about $50K-$100K less. So that's a good sign right? The block we would be on seems quiet and it is very pretty. These are normal fears right? Ugh, it's now 10:50 a.m. 10:50 am - 03.29.05
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