House Hunt Day 2

Much better day.

First I checked out a little place in Marietta, GA. It was little indeed, so that was an easy pass.

Then I was off to check out another place in Douglasville with an actual real estate salesman, but it was run down and beat up. Probably since the place was built in the 70s. It had a finished basement, but it was still dingy.

Then he took me to another place since he seemed embarrassed about showing me the That 70s Show house 40 years later. This second house will henceforth be known as "The Mansion".

It is a crazy huge, split level house with a massive living room, massive dining room, massive kitchen, massive breakfast nook, massive bedrooms, and massive master bedroom. It was built in the 80s, but everything is new from the paint to carpet to counters. It was in superb shape, even by my standards (so glad I helped Dad fix up the house growing up). The only downside is it is 45 min (without traffic) to the airport. FML.

However, with a trusty tipoff to a great Coldwell Banker real estate salesman, I began my afternoon being chauffeured around southwestern Atlanta checking out properties. Even properties he didn't initially bring he was able to spot from the street and just bust in and let me view them.

All of the ones I saw were amazing. One is close to both the airport and my office, and has a great big living room.

Another was VERY close to my office (2 mi), but it was pretty rough inside. The tub had a hole in it. WTF...

The next 3 are all in the same suburb.

The first has a decent setup downstairs and large rooms with luxurious carpet upstairs, and located right next to the airport and still close to the office.

The second is an ENORMOUS floor plan (2500 sqft!!) complete with a living room, another living room, dining room, breakfast area/another dining room, and another living room/den upstairs. Wasn't able to get a price, but it may be over my limit.

The third is one I haven't looked at yet. I believe it is comparable to the first one, but I'll see tomorrow!

All in all, today was loads better than yesterday. I will never again go online to find places. I'm going to call a real estate co and let them do all the legwork for me. The best part is the guy wasn't even pushing sales. If a house sucked he agreed with me.

Tomorrow I'm going to meet up with my dealer again to check out the last house and possibly take a second look at one or two again to make sure I'm game. Then it's off to talk paperwork (: