Well we went back this afternoon and took the dog for a walk around the neighborhood. It has such a nice feel, the neighbors houses are all immaculate, and we had people smile and wave at us, even a cute neighbor dog walked with us for awhile before his family came running and yelling for him….tells me they care.

My dog loved the place and he says I should buy it for him. I can’t afford Carlsbad and probably never will.

Looking at the comps I think that the bank had it priced right, I just couldn’t afford that price and so I offered less. Maybe it was the e-mail that I sent to the listing agent (same agent I had ALMOST gotten another house with, she even called my realtor and told her we got it, but then we didn’t), asking her to help us find a house that would fit 2 adults, 2 part-time kids, 2 cats (not my choice), and 1 crazy weimaraner, and hopefully a yard big enough to get a second. Maybe that helped??