Samoza's Got Keys!

So, we've been looking to finally get our own place since our family will soon be a family of four. We found this wonderful agent who helped us find a condo that was within our price range and had the MUSTS on our list (2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, secured community). We started looking Mid July and after a weekend of looking at places, we didn't find any that we really liked. There was one we REALLY liked on the list, but by the time she tried to make an appt to view the place, it had already been put in Escrow. Dang! At least, she got an idea of what were were going for as far as aesthetics and said she'd look around for more condos that were similar. We also asked if it was possible to find places off of Zillow or any other of those listing websites open to the general public. She said we could, but couldn't guarantee all of them will be available since public listing sites don't typically have up-to-date info or provide full data on whether there are stipulations involved.

Anyhow, we sent her the list and there and after finding several that were available and worked with what we were looking for, she set appointments for us.

We really liked one that was located in Santa Ana and by end of July, we had put an offer in. Unfortunately, the seller said that they had already accepted an offer, but would definitely keep us as the back-up offer. We were pretty bummed at this point. That's strike 2 on ones we wanted. But, we went back to public listings to see if there were any new ones that opened and just our luck! There was a condo in the same complex that JUST listed.

I texted our agent ASAP and asked if she can just put an offer in. Yah, I know that's bad. LOL. Buuut, we figure we can put the offer in now and then check out the place after since we didn't want to lose out on this one either. The seller did reach back out immediately and stated that she'd rather we actually look at the place first and then she'll push the offer through.

So, that Saturday, we headed on out to take a look. It was worth it, because we did get to see everything. We were happy with what we saw and proceeded with the offer.

Our offer was accepted and then everything happened so quickly! Within the first few weeks everything was done! All initial paperwork signed, inspection done, appraisal done...

We finally signed our closing docs back on August 26th, but then we hit a snag. Of course, right when they're about to get everything recorded, they find out that the seller's title wasn't filed when she purchased. Oi vey! This put quite the delay in closing everything up and receiving our keys. It seriously almost took another month for them to get their documents in order. Luckily, they agreed that it was their error for not doing their due diligence early on to avoid delays like this and have agreed to eat any additional costs this will cause.

Anyways, we re-signed our closing documents on Monday and woohoo! We got our keys today!!!

Here are a few pics that we took.

Patio Area

Kitchen Area

Dining Room

Sorry, these were taken during the home inspection back in August, so didn't get much after that. Will have more photos later!

The Samoza's are officially homeowners!