The Search, Day 5

Well.... SHIT!

The property that I was more or less set to put an offer on has a pending contract on it now. Some sneaky bastard put an offer in on Monday.



Disappointed? Yes. But there are other fish in the sea. Wait, that analogy is supposed to apply to the lost girl. Any way...

Looked at maybe ten more properties last night. I found quite a few more that I like. Christie says that is likely because we are looking at new listings. The first time or two we went out we looked at a large number of places that have been on the market for a while and hence less desirable.

I found one I really liked yesterday despite being one block on the wrong side of Irving Park Road. 2BR, 2BA. It has a master suite that had a walk through closet to a bathroom. It had a good layout and smallish but usable deck. Unfortunately, it is quite a bit higher than I want to spend. I might try to low ball it and see if I can get it through.

Three other new properties were nice. One actually in Lincoln Park! The taxes were high and it's location can either be seen as perfect or abysmal. Right in the heart of one of the busiest bar corridors in the area and the unit is right on the street and not set back in the courtyard. Another was nice, 3 blocks from Wrigley. Parking would be challenging. The other I really did like but it didn't have central air. They may be trying to get out quickly (baby, moving to suburbs), so that one has a low ball option as well.

I returned to one I saw last time out. More or less everything. 2BR, Cent A/C, exposed brick, nicely maintained old wood work, an updated kitchen. It's just missing a private deck space although it does have a decent roof top deck with grills. Since it's the top floor unit it isn't outrageous to go up there. I think this one is my favorite barring the real expensive one.