by Cassie Howard | Jul 22, 2018 | Business Basics |
About 6 or so years ago, we bought a house. Everyone told us not to buy it. It was way over our budget, and we couldn’t afford it, they said (because apparently they knew what our finances looked like - ha!). We stressed about it for days, but deep down we KNEW that this was meant to be our home. The money shit, though.. it was tough. It was hard to get over the cost. We truly DIDN’T have the money. Not without sacrificing something in order to be able to pay for it. We looked at the numbers. STARED at the number for a long time, trying to make something work, knowing we WOULD make something work.. because this was OUR house. We just knew it. Something made us say yes. It was a pull, a tug, a nudge from the universe to just do it, and everything would work itself out. It was a big leap - something a lot of people told us we were crazy to do. And we had NO idea how we were gonna pay for this house. But we trusted our gut and did what we knew was right (even if it looked all kinds of wrong on paper). After putting in our bid, we got a call from our agent who told us that the owners of the home rejected our offer. They were so offended by the amount of money we offered (which actually wasn’t far off from the asking price), they didn’t even come back to us with a counter offer. I cried. And then I got mad. Asked the...
