Hello there

First and foremost is thanks to our families for everything starting with raising us or from their perspective putting up with us. :)

Now some take aways...

- Anytime is always a good time to buy, just depends on your situation
 - I say this because I find the perennial question, "Is now a good time to buy?" meaningless. In the end it really just depends on what you want. The news out there such as bad/good economy or buyers'/sellers' market are just things you have to accept and deal with.

- Thanks Redfin for creating a wonderful site!
- I also Thank Zillow for creating a very useful and enormous home valuation site!
 - As mentioned in my previous post, I used a variety of sites to search for homes and I am thankful for their existence.
On a side note, I just can't understand how our families bought their homes years ago before websites existed. I think I would be lost still if I used their methods which would be combing through newspaper ads, picking up and pouring through free real estate magazines at street corners and lastly word-of-mouth from the agent or other folks in this day.

So that's why I want to very much Thank Redfin.

Redfin is very simply a wonderful site to use.

With that said, I feel bad for not using Redfin as our agent. My excuse is I had already talked to an agent first who was a referral from my cousin. My cousin did not use the agent in the past instead the relationship was through a friend of a friend. Honestly during the beginning we quietly "interviewed" a few agents by seeing how they act around people in open homes, respond to our questions and just guessing if we would be compatible. As we moved along I realized I kept relying on the agent my cousin referred me for a lot of things from several late night questions, lots and lots of rounds of home tours and more importantly: submitting bids.

- My wife and I are looking forward to enjoy our first home. :)
 - On a side note, I am broke now from buying the home. :) Redfin, you hiring? I'm looking! :)