I have a home!

I'm so happy that things are falling into place for my new venture. I started looking at craigslist last week and finally saw a worthwhile posting on Monday. I called the landlord and told him I was planning to come and see it on Saturday (today). He had been afraid that he wouldn't find someone to rent it for June 1 (he just finished renovating it and he usually gets a 2-3 month headstart before finding a taker).

I called around to some other ads but nothing was working out. Towards the end of the week, my butterflies came back. One of the agencies I called said they were "all cleaned out" from students moving in. The "worthwhile" landlord told me some people had looked at the place, but one wasn't good for him because she didn't want to take the place until the end of June and the other person had bad credit and bad rental history. That's when I got kind of nervous. My credit is in bad shape right now. I was planning to explain to him that while I've gotten into trouble with credit card debt, I've never paid my rent late. I took the phone numbers of my current and previous property managers so he could verify that.

Well, I called the guy when I saw the place (it is beautiful, btw), he came to meet me and my mom and show us the inside, I told him I liked it and asked for the application. He said, "Oh, there's no need for that, I'm going to rent it to you." I was so happy! He only asked if I am on good terms with my current landlord and if I'm leaving without breaking the lease. I told him that my lease ends at the end of June, so I'll have a little overlap, but other than that all is well.

He has completely remodeled the place -- all new paint, crown molding, wainscoting, cabinetry, appliances and ceramic tile. The back yard could use some work, but he said he's planning to fix it up; it got messed up during the renovation work with all the supplies and contractors and such. I took a million pics, and I'll post them to flickr soon.