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The One Where Kate Buys A House

By Living Room Realty, January 31, 2020

Hey everybody! 

I’m Kate, the Own It Team Executive Assistant and as of today…guest blogger! 😉 Ross is always sharing client stories, and thanks to him I have a “happy ending” story of my own.

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I never imagined I could buy a house. My 8 year old son and I have moved from rental to rental almost every year of his life. We’ve had some nice apartments, don’t get me wrong, but nowhere that felt like a permanent home.

Working in real estate for about 4 years now, I watched home prices rise and fluctuate, drooling over the listings I’d create marketing for and wishing I could make them my own. I’d read a buyer story that gave me hope, then look at my life and my finances and swiftly abandon that little glimmer of hope.

Meanwhile, Ross was encouraging me every step of the way. When I joined his team 2 years ago we talked about my future as a potential homeowner, and he was supportive, but realistic. “We’ll get you a place…it might be a few years, but we’re going to make it happen,” he’d say. Keep in mind at the time I joined him the market was hot – always multiple offers, always ending up over list price.

In May of 2019 I learned my rent would be raised yet again…this time to over $2,000 a month for our apartment. That lit a fire under me. I couldn’t stand to continue working a 9 to 5 and watching everything disappear!

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I set myself up on a search from our website, and crossed my fingers. I didn’t know how I’d come up with enough for a downpayment, or how I’d afford a place in my son’s school district, but I let all the negative “what ifs” just exist alongside my need to make. this. happen.

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