So here it is...

So here it is, Adventures of a First Time Home Buyer - my decent into madness! Like so many people across the country I though that this would be my time. I'm steadily employed (knock on wood), I have good credit, and have always dreamed of owning my own home. I may be young, but I'm not impulsive so I weighed the pros and cons of home buying. I decided this is it, this is my chance to become a home buyer, to get my foot in the door, to work on moving up. Sigh. I was so naive.

2 1/2 months and 8 offers later I sit here, a victim of a bay area bidding war on starter homes between the likes of me and the likes of them - who are rich investors with all cash offers. I started out this adventure fresh-faced and excited but I have quickly become a jaded lookeeloo, feeling my time may never come. Here's my adventures.