Call Me "Crazy"

I think my realtor thinks I am crazy or maybe just a stubborn idiot, I will stick with crazy.  I love this old wonderful house in an area south of where I will be working, the listing agent is not being exactly forthcoming with reports that were completed on the home a few months ago and I am getting super frustrated.  My realtor thinks I need to give up even thinking about the house as a possibility because she does not think the VA appraiser will give it two thumbs up.  I say get me the reports and let me see what I can do to negotiate on the house.  Once I see the reports then just maybe I will say yep you are right I would be crazier than I already am to even consider the darn place, but it does not hurt to try.

My issues are the house is over 150 years old. It has an amazing history and I am already renovating it in my mind.  The market is such that its a sellers market, but the benefit I have with this house is no one can just fly in and steal it for cash and then do with it what they want as is often the case in this area of the country.  They have to abide by the preservation board within the city. (Yay me!)  I say that now, but if I do end up with the house -that will likely change as I do request to do things that need fixing.  Anyways, there are some current issues that I am aware of and feel that the seller will fix if given the right offer on the house.  Given that I am using a VA loan the seller has to do the repairs before the closing or the VA will say nope - do not pass go, do not collect $200.00. 

I have broken rule number one to house hunting - falling in love with a house that nothing else will work.  That is not a good thing.  With that said I am still looking at other houses, but I am competing against cash offers, people who are afraid they will never find a house so they offer 20% over the asking price and do so without requesting an inspection.  Sellers market or not, who does that? I maybe crazy, but that is just Looney Tune looney. 

Who knows tomorrow is another day and I can hear my realtor now with the others in her office over the water cooler - she is cuckoo for coco puffs, crazy.  But I am adorable crazy :)  Now you know why I was thanking my realtors in yesterdays post for their patience with me.  There is a method to my madness they just don't know that about me yet. 

So why they call me Crazy, I will continue looking for "the one" even if I think I have found it already.