Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.
Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”
As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.
I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.
So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.
