Austin or bust!

I have decided that I will be a life long tenant and I have concluded that I hate, hate house shopping. Our offer was 7K below asking price and someone offered above the asking price. Above asking?? In this market?? I hate them. I cried for 2 hours last night. This was the one. This was it. It had everything. It was perfect. But our offer was already at the top of our price range and although my heart said to go higher, my brain told me to let it go. That was so hard. I still haven't let it go. In fact, I'm still crying. We put in a back-up offer for another 5K in case their offer falls through but those chances are slim. It's a tough game out there and I need a time out.

Maybe we'll rent in the neighborhood that we'd like to live in and save for another year so that we can have more options. If I have to live in Round Rock for another year I just might.... No, there is no living in Round Rock for another year...we will either buy in the city or we will rent in the city. That way, it will be much easier to look for houses. The only downfall is that we might not be blessed with a landlord that will allow us to do the month to month thing while we house shop...and that's a big risk...I certainly don't want to be pressured into buying something because my lease is running out. And then there's Bentley. It's not the easiest thing to find a descent house to rent that will allow a 100 pound dog. We had to tell our current landlord that he's 60 lbs to get this place and since then, he's put on another 5 or 10. We've been looking for 3 months now and I am becoming obsessed with checking the MLS. I have to have a break...but what if during the break a perfect house is snatch up? I can't let it happen again. Maybe committing for another year's lease will force me to stop looking. Maybe that's what I need.