5 STEPS of the home closing process + Finding Home recap

As first time home buyers, the process for buying a house seemed a little daunting. Especially when you are moving across country from Colorado to Indiana where you know no one.

FINDING HOME EPISODE #18 // Recapping our 35 day closing process November & December 2019

So why are we trying to find home?

In almost 7 years of marriage, we’ve traveled to all 50 states together and took one year to travel the world to 62 different countries.

Finally, we want to settle down and buy a home so we can start the adoption process as soon as possible!

The house prices in Colorado Springs caused us to broaden our search.

We want to find a home where the mortgage payments are closer to 20% of our take home pay - the recommended amount so you can still save, give, etc. and be completely debt free sooner.

We searched across the United States to find the best place for us to buy a home. In February 2019 we visited our top 2 states and chose Indiana :)

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