and THEN
…I signed a whole bunch of papers and bought a house.It was awesome, actually. My broker Erica came and my lending agent Kat came and we were all three of us in dark blue jeans and different styles of black sweater and it felt kind of kickass, it felt like Sex in the City but with a really big check handed over at the end.
There was a time, you know, when women couldn’t own property. And to be honest it was strange to me at the beginning, buying a house by myself. But something about this little circle of strong professionals in sexy shoes made me really pleased, even when I had to sign – in three places – next to parts of the contract that had been auto filled in with the phrase “Jane Doe, an unmarried woman.” Like that’s my primary designator. What do you do? I’m an Unmarried Woman.
But I signed and signed and handed the pages over one by one to escrow officer Stormi, the fourth woman in our little real estate coven (whose sweater was pink). And then Erica gave me a hug and Kat gave me a box with seeds and organic cleanser and a compact fluorescent bulb. And I love Portland. And I own a house in Portland, so I guess I’ll stay here a while.
posted by tortaluga @ 12:55 PM
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Whoa whoa whoa. So I was visiting friends in Portland in September right as *they* were buying a house, and *their* broker was named Erica too. And she worked for some place called Climb a Tree and they had a good experience. Did you use the same people? Because I met Erica, and she was pretty cute, I thought...
Congratulations!
yee haw for unmarried women home owners!!! makes me smile to think that you, my two next door neighbors and I, as well as the original owner of my house were, and are single, female, kickass homeowners.
f*&% Yeah.
yup, that's the same erica. (the agency is actually called portland alternative realtors, but climbatree is their website.) portland can be such a small town...
and yeah, like i said: total room o' hotties transacting real estate. it was like the setting for broker porn.
Congratulations Unmarried Woman!
- Unmarried Man
Mazel tov, again! Our mortgage papers say our house was bought by Andrew, and his wife, Kira. The "and his wife" was part of the form. It would have bummed me out more if I had contributed any money to the purchase.
Yay! You own a house. In Portland. Just like the Quimbys.
Oh! Oh! The excitement! The Gasping Deep Breath!
The awesomeness of solo accomplishment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must go now to plan deliciously deviously lovely housewarming gift...
Huzzah! We want photos!
THANKS ALL!!!
keys tomorrow, photos to follow.
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