The real Dan in real life: 07/01/2008

This whole process of deciding to take the job at Microsoft has been a difficult one for us. We have made some good friends here and my job is pretty good. However, after much prayer and a fast we felt it was the right thing to do, whether it made complete sense to us or not.

We have really stressed about the house. Our realtor, Lara Abend, warned us to expect people to offer way less than the list price and/or ask us to pay closing costs. This was stressful trying to figure out where the cash would come from. We worried a lot. What will we do if we can't sell it? What will happen if we have to drop the price? Lots of difficult questions. Over time, we decided to just move forward and make plans, putting it in the Lord's hands.

Today, around 10:30 AM, a woman came and checked out the house with her realtor. Not too long after leaving, they called Genni and asked if they could come back during her husband's lunch hour and look at the house again. This was a good sign. We figured they must really like it if they came twice in one day. We didn't want to get our hopes up though.

A few hours later, Genni received a call from our realtor telling us they made an offer. This was exciting because it was our first offer. From what the realtor told us, however, we didn't want to get too excited because it might be really low. I drove home from work trying to get myself prepared for the offer. Unfortunately, that time did not prepare me for what would occur.

Mary Benavides, Lara's partner, stopped by to go through the offer with us. She started out saying, "We have a situation here that we just aren't seeing very often these days."

Turns out they didn't ask us to pay any of their closing costs. In fact, the only thing they asked for was a home warranty that will cost about $385. Well, since they offered almost $2,500 more than our asking price we weren't too concerned. Yes, you read that right. They offered more than the list price. Can you believe it!?

So that is the confirmation. We had faith and the Lord blessed us more than we could even imagine! They want to close August 19th, so we are on our way! After all that stress we had our house on the market 4 days and it sold for more than we asked for. We still took a loss, but now at least we can move without the stress of an unsold home wearing on us!