House Hunters in a Small World

That is what my husband and I (and our kids at times) have become.  Don’t get me wrong – I am very excited.

We’ve only been looking for a week and it is amazing how many houses I have checked out online so far.  We’ve toured about 10 – 12.   We’ve looked at foreclosures, resales, new construction and everything in between.  I feel like we have been searching for ages – LOL.

I don’t know if I have ever mentioned my love for HGTV and how much I have learned from those shows!  That knowledge has helped me during this process – look past the paint and flooring; just look at the “bones” of the home, etc.

My older boy asked our realtor if he knew the Property Brothers (I died laughing at that!).   [Story behind that – when my husband goes away, my boys have a sleepover in my room and are stuck watching my shows which are entirely on HGTV.]  Another funny comment by N after walking through the first house of the night, “Are we going to look at House #2 and House # 3 now?”  G-d I love that kid!!!

Another crazy story – our Realtor was recommended to us by a close friend.  He is a great guy, and has been super patient with us.  We have been working with him for a week, as mentioned before.  Last night, after walking the final house of the tour, we started talking in the driveway with him and the current homeowner.  She lived in a city that my husband used to live in, so it sparked conversation.  Our Realtor asked him where he went to high school and long story short – his  close friend is also close friends with my brother-in-law (and he remembers this mutual friend talking about my brother-in-law, etc.).  Small world, right?

Then…our Realtor had said, when we first started talking, that he thought he knew me from somewhere but we couldn’t pinpoint it.  Last night I requested him as a friend on Facebook and noticed that he went to SUNY Albany, a school I went to for my freshman year.  It turns out he was friends with my HS friends that also went to Albany – Leigh and Yael. What a small world!!!

Finally…my husband goes to the sales office of a new community the other day and gets information, along with the Sales Representatives cell phone number (as he wasn’t in that day).  Long story short – I used to work with the sales rep at a previous job.  Seriously???

WOW…did I divert from the initial topic of this blog…haha.

Do you have any “small world” stories?  If so, post below!

More on the house hunt later!