its a whirlwind!!

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its been barely even three weeks since we saw our future home!
after our our offer was accepted and we opened escrow its been a whirlwind of activity!!
we found out we were closing in 30 days!!
we had the home inspection
we had a sewer scope
we locked our mortgage rate
we found out that we still qualify for the 2009 first time home buyers credit!
we had a termite inspection
we got a partial credit for the termite inspection
we found out that ca signed a state first time home buyers credit
we pushed closing back a week to qualify for the ca home buyer credit! (we have to close after may 1)
we get daily emails from either our real estate agent, her assistant, our mortgage broker, or one of the many people who has done some kind of inspection on the house
we got our appraisal
we found out our appraisal came in low :(
we had a true miracle happen
the sellers agreed to drop the price of the house to the appraisal price
which by the way is just a smidge lower than what our original offer price was!!
it just seems to get better and better!!
once the house is legally ours i'll start posting pictures!!
for now we're planning the bathroom (it needs to be done before we move in), the floors (it will be easier to do before we move anything in), and painting (bc it will be easier to do before we do the floors)
soon soon soon soon!!!!
we can't wait!!!

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