Days 6 & 7 - April 13th & 14th, 2009 - Looking for a home

These two days have been VERY frustrating for me. We had looked at an apartment and it was very nice, but I wasn't really digging the whole apartment living thing. I was really hoping to find a house for rent, but nothing worked out :-(

QUICK PLUG: We've been working with a great company called VIP Insurance Housing Options. They do a GREAT job of helping you to find a place to stay and even get the place completely furnished. I highly recommend them should you find youself in a predicament like mine.

There were a couple houses that were for rent, but the renters wanted to have a long-term rental (at least 1 year). Also, there were a few houses for sale (one really nice one in our housing plan) and VIP inquired if they sellers would be willing to rent taking it off the market for 4 - 6 months or even while keeping the house on the market (going month-to-month). A couple of the sellers considered, but they were afraid that if the house was being rented, someone would come along wanting to buy and they didn't want complications.

Sigh! I completely understand that, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy with it. I was really hoping to find a house because that would be the next best thing to living in our own home (now extra crispy due to fire). Alas, that was not to be and, in light of the events that took place on Easter Sunday (see the Day 5 posts), we were best off taking the apartment and getting back to a "normal" life as soon as possible.

Home is where the heart is. -Pliny the Elder
see this Wikipedia entry