[flameshaw]

Cool beans, congratulations.

[flamehunter]

Amazing when God let's you know He's got this. Congrats.

[Sly Fox]

Don't hesitate particularly if you plan on buying. The paperwork alone is mountainous these days. I highly recommend you get the process moving as quickly as possible beginning on Sunday.

[alabama24]

Don't hesitate particularly if you plan on buying. The paperwork alone is mountainous these days. I highly recommend you get the process moving as quickly as possible beginning on Sunday.

Yes.

Our process continues to take more and more time. We were supposed to close on August 26th, but we are a minimum of three weeks away from this upcoming monday.

Our banker <should> have asked for our tax return. He didn't. Nothing in our tax return should prevent us from getting the home, but we have had at least a two week delay due to this oversight.

[Purple Haize]

Donny Turner has been doing mortgages for decades in Lynchburg. See what he can do for you.

[Kiwon]

So, after being on the market less than 48 hours, our house is under contract for more than our listing price. Thank you for all the prayers!

PTL!

[Sly Fox]

Your post just sent shudders down my spine, alabama24. These days it seems like they stack everything so close together on closings that it would be a major ordeal to miss either of our closings by even a day. We just yesterday had the owners of the home we are buying ask us to provide alternatives to them getting out on the date they agreed to on our lease-back. But that seems like a walk in the park compared to that tax return oversight.

jcmanson - I get the impression that inventory is low near Lynchburg so it must be a bit of a seller's market. The good news is that you only need to buy one house and not ten.

[Yacht Rock]

There are a of houses in our area for a decent price. We went through McClean Home Mortgage and the mortgage process was painless. Our realtor, Bobby Crickenberger was great as well.

http://www.lynchburgrealestatedude.com/

[Cider Jim]

Bobby Crickenburger is 5 stars--it doesn't get any better than that. If I were buying or selling a house, he'd be the first person I'd call, and he's a Flame Fan, too.

[ATrain]

I remember when I bought a house, it took me over a month from contract to closing...but that was with the Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving Day holidays thrown in there.

[jcmanson]

We were in Lynchburg yesterday afternoon, and we are preparing to put in an offer on a house.

Still looking for somewhere to stay August 31-September 30.

[Sly Fox]

Is the house you like vacant? If so, I am sure they would be happy to offer you a lease-back.

[Yacht Rock]

When you get into town be sure to let us know what help you need.

[givemethemic]

Just got done building our house here in Raleigh (market is nuts) and we used Stifel Bank out of St.Louis and they were fantastic. Rates were better than anyone we could find in the country. You should still be able to get around 3.50-3.75 for a non FHA loan.

[alabama24]

we used Stifel Bank out of St.Louis

Was that a fire sale? lol

[givemethemic]

You're going to have to explain your attempt at a joke to me.

[alabama24]

Ain't that city on fire with riots?

[lynchburgwildcats]

Just got done building our house here in Raleigh (market is nuts) and we used Stifel Bank out of St.Louis and they were fantastic. Rates were better than anyone we could find in the country. You should still be able to get around 3.50-3.75 for a non FHA loan.

All I have to do is install that app in your sig on my phone and I get a free $50 iTunes card?

[jcmanson]

When you get into town be sure to let us know what help you need.

Will do. I'll be in town starting next weekend, but we won't "move" until a later date.

[TIMSCAR20]

Jon,

we just moved to Georgia from Richmond and were in a similar situation to you guys. It took about 6 weeks for our house to sell and then we had to find a place to live. I flew down to GA to look for houses alone off a list my wife provided of course (I'm not THAT dumb). We decided to rent but for 2 weeks we couldn't find 1 rental that was even available. It was because Pinewood Movie Studios is down here and all the workers are taking up the rentals. So we ended up looking at one of the houses on the original list again and bought it. Opened and closed a loan in 21 days! Our buyers closed on their house Aug 10, Closed on our house Aug 11 and we closed on our house in GA Aug 12! We had the best movers. Those guys treated my stuff better than I would have if I moved it myself. They cocooned everything we owned in soft cushions and they delivered on my time table right on time. It was very expensive but worth every penny.

Glad to be in ATL but I am having trouble grasping the fact that my kids are going to be (gulp) Southerners. VA was bad enough but at least I could get them to Philly on a moments notice and get some Northern influence in them. I'll have to send them up there in the summers to get a taste of Northern living at least

[Purple Haize]

Ball park figure on the movers? 5k? 10k?

[TIMSCAR20]

Ball park figure on the movers? 5k? 10k?

You are in the Ball Park

[Purple Haize]

Ball park figure on the movers? 5k? 10k?

You are in the Ball Park

So between 5 and 10? That would be worth it for turn key service

[alabama24]

Glad to be in ATL

Completely off topic: You need to try Tom+Chee.

http://www.tomandchee.com

[TIMSCAR20]

Glad to be in ATL

Completely off topic: You need to try Tom+Chee.

http://www.tomandchee.com

looks delicious!