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dmorrison · #6 09-11-2003, 11:26 AM

We looked for 6 years. Now don't get descouraged by that statement. When we moved to the DFW area we lived a a town called Grand Prairie, Noce town but not where we wanted to settle for ever.
So we started to look about 6 months after we got here. I don't mean active, get with an agent, run through a couple of houses, looking. We just knew that we would move in a couple of years.
My wife and I are the kind of people that, when they find what they really like, stick with that forever. We have never changed our decorating style, updated it but we still like the style we have liked since we met and started dating 34 years ago. Besides the classics never go out of style.
We continued to "look" for the right neighborhood, school district, and house style, that we would want and like. If it was up to my wife we would live in Williamburg, Va.
Actually we had, over those 6 years covered all of the metroplex and we had started to look in the Chicago area. We had set up a couple of weekends to go there and do some legwork. But each time something came up and we nover got to Chicago.
In 1990 I made Captain at American and commuted to the DC area for the Captain positon. I had found a house that my wife and would really love in Frederick, Md. Well in 1990 the war was starting, the economy was falling apart and the posibility of being moved back to copilot was pretty good. So I tranfered to the DFW base and we stayed. Had an offer on our house and had to counter with "were taking it of the market". they wanted a counter to that??? Which I could not fathom that they did not understand that " we were taking it off the market" Actually I did counter, I added $20,000 to the price and they paid all costs. We did not hear form them.

Well this has gotten longwinded.

We continued to look in the DFW area and in Jan of 92 we drove by the house we bought. Called the agent listed, which was a blessing. It would have all fallen apart if not for him. We bought the house shortly after that. we still love the house and will probably be here untill I retire.

Keep looking and have a little faith in God. He led us to this house and he will take care of you.

Dave

PS Have faith, 1 month before we found this house we ran across a great deal. Great house, great neighborhood, $75,000 below appraised value. The Dean of UT Arlington's house. The state owned it and wanted it sold NOW. But it wasn't right. We knew that and walked away form it. Actually we had put in a deposit and made an offer on Saturday. Thought about it on Sunday and realized it was not right. Called the agent on Sunday eve and retracted the offer. When we picked up the escrow check on Monday at 9am is was already sold.