Time to Buy a House

Our landlord had informed us about a month ago that he is putting all of his homes up for sale and moving. He gave some of his other tenants a 60 day notice. We have been worrying about getting ours. However, the landlord feels that since the house we live on is on the same lot as his two shops and he is selling them as one package, they buyer will purchase the property for the shops and allow us to continue to rent. That is just not good enough. We took it as a sign that we need to move out and buy our own house. Therefore, tomorrow we have an appointment with the agent we have been speaking to. We have been preapproved and soon we will be prequalified (or is it vice-versa). Anyway, after this step, we will go back to the real estate agent (who sent us to the 'loan agent').

We are moving out of Antioch. We just can't take it anymore. The illegal alien gang members playing loud music (and leave it on even when they go in their house for a while) and threatening my husband when he asks them to turn it down, the cars screeching down the street, etc. What a shame. The city went downhill fast.

Our lanlord told us how when he was cleaning one of his homes a few properties away, the neighbors from various houses played loud music. My husband told him, "welcome to our world", the illegals play their music loudly all day and night without regard for their neighbors. We call and call the police and they just get ticketed and blame us for their tickets (not the fact that they are breaking the law by playing their music so loudly, among other things they are doing). Our landlord told us that Antioch was where he had previously planned to spend the rest of his life. His plans have changed. You see, our lanlord is a barbor. He has many customers/friends. He has been telling us some of the stories about his customers getting robbed/mugged/attacked in areas that you wouldn't even think it would happen (like non-ghettoish areas). We are moving about 1/2 hour away from here, where it is pretty quiet and we shouldn't have to worry about getting mugged outside the grocery store or attacked by illegal alien gang members because we asked them to turn down their music at 10:00 at night!!!!!!!!!!

I am really excited though about getting a home. We were preapproved and started to look years ago, before the economy went south. However, it just did not feel right and I changed my mind (too bad because homes were about 2/3 of what they are now and we could have refinanced when the interest rates dipped). Oh well, everything happens for a reason.