The ultimate Hunt

Why does house hunting have to be so stressful?  I will admit upfront that I haven't been as proactive with this as I could have been, but with that being said it still is a rather difficult process.  I found a house a few weeks ago that fit our criteria perfectly and would have been an awesome starter house, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, big living room and kitchen and an optional study/4th bedroom.  It was built in 2000 so it was new in comparison to several others we had looked at.  I contacted the realtor to schedule a showing and waited patiently to hear back from her.  The next day when I finally heard back from her she informed me that there was already 7 offers on the house and wanted to help me find something else.   I was a little heartbroken, honestly I just figured we would jump into this and find a house and voila it would be a done deal.  I was a little discouraged but then again who really buys the first house they see?  

I have been looking every couple of days to see if anything new becomes available, and went 3-4 weeks with no change.  I would be working with a realtor if Stefan would wholeheartedly jump into this with me, but alas I feel that I will be doing most of this by myself.  I know that if I said lets please go look at this house or what not he would be up in a second but I want him to be more proactive in the process to start with. 

I have found another house, ironically in the same neighborhood as the first, not sure if thats a sign or not.  Anyways, it's bigger than the first, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, gameroom, living room, den, so on so forth.  I contacted the realtor yesterday, 3/9/08 to schedule a showing...never heard a damn thing back from her.  She could have atleast been professional about it and sent a message back with some sort of acknowledgement of my email..but I got shit.  Anyways, I just sent her another message regarding the house using Stefan's email address hoping since it sounds a little more legit than mine that I will finally hear something back from her.  I just hope this works out, preferrably in our favor but if not I'm sure God has a good reason for it.  

This is just my mini-rant at the whole house hunting process...

I know there will be an update of some sorts later.