{"id":473,"date":"2014-05-07T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/?p=473"},"modified":"2014-05-08T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T18:30:46","slug":"the-end-of-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/2014\/05\/07\/the-end-of-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of the story…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Settled in, loving my new ministry–<\/span>and I\u00a0might do what?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s start with the end of the story.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0I know, that goes against all the rules,\u00a0but I think it’s one of those times to break the rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

The end of the story goes like this:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0I’m closing on a house next Thursday!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, you read that right. No typo going on here.\u00a0Going over my options, financially it just makes more sense to buy than rent down here in Florida. I figured it would take time\u00a0to find what I was looking for at the price I wanted, but\u00a0I had time on my side.\u00a0Start now, I reasoned, and I had plenty of time.<\/p>\n

Looking at it that way,\u00a0I started\u00a0this process shortly before Jamie left so I could have his input. We went out one night\u00a0together with the realtor.\u00a0There was\u00a0the villa in a nice location that needed too much work for the price;\u00a0the perfectly priced\u00a0small home\u00a0in a\u00a0neighborhood where police stopping by for domestic violence served as entertainment; two fixer-uppers in good areas that were so involved it was exhausting just to think about it; another with potential if the price ever came down; and then we walked into the last house—and it was a pleasant surprise. It had everything on my mental checklist\u00a0and was nice besides.<\/p>\n

“You really should jump on this one,” the realtor told me, apologizing in the same breath for being pushy. “It’s just the\u00a0chances of\u00a0finding another one this nice in your price range is pretty low.”\u00a0Having followed the market for the past year, I knew she was right.<\/p>\n

But how do you admit to your realtor that you really weren’t expecting to find something that quick and you aren’t quite in the decision-making mode? That, in reality, you are more in the window-shopping mode?<\/p>\n

I went home and prayed about it. … Then I put in an offer. \u00a0Things just started falling\u00a0into place.<\/p>\n

Once the offer was accepted, I was going to say something—but then the\u00a0inspections were taking place in short order, so why not wait for those?<\/p>\n

The inspections passed—and by that night my realtor called to let me know everything else had come in. Paperwork that usually takes a few weeks to process showed up on her desk in a few days’ time.<\/p>\n

We were all set. We were ready to close. The realtor suggested\u00a0we\u00a0move up the closing date from May 28 to sometime next week.<\/p>\n

Right. Next week. Just over three weeks from when I first looked at\u00a0the house.<\/p>\n

Now we’re back to\u00a0the end of the story:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I’m closing on a house next Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n

But I guess that’s not quite the end.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0I may be moving in June—or may\u00a0possibly be renting it out for about\u00a0six months. I’m good with either, just waiting to see which way the Lord directs all involved. Your prayers are appreciated!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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