So this whole house hunting thing is becoming a bit more real. I contacted a Realtor, who came recommended by a friend, and she pointed me in the direction of a few different lenders to get my pre-approval letter. Yikes! I’m not worried about getting approved. My credit score is good (though I should recheck that) and I have a solid down payment and a solid job. But it’s still a little scary. I feel like I’m venturing into unknown territory.
Thankfully, I not only have friends who have done this before, but I have very supportive coworkers who are happy to answer questions. It’s still pretty scary to think about though. There’s just so much I don’t know. I am finding myself very thankful for my real estate transactions professor in law school who insisted we be able to read rental contracts and home purchase contracts though!
House hunting would be so fun! But yes, daunting at first. I’ve never done it (yet!) but that’s the sort of thing I can’t WAIT to do with my life.
You’ll get approved. Even when I worked for $10/hr ^& my boyfriend had a very, very unsteady job, & we had no downpayment, we got approved for a $310,000 mortgage. We were just looking into it.
I just started looking at your blog, can’t wait to read more 🙂
Good luck! I want to hear all about your house hunting and financing adventures.