Next steps...

We have taken a few more steps toward home-ownership. As was listed below, we have an inspection scheduled for Monday at 8am. There will be many people at this inspection: us...obviously, our realtor to let us in, the builder (whose name happens to be Bob), and the inspector. We might have a party while we're all there. You're all invited!! :-P

Our realtor met us at the property yesterday and we were able to measure the openings for the refrigerator, washer, and dryer. We already had appliances picked out, so the measurements were for purchase purposes. As part of the contract, the builder is giving us an allowance for appliances. So, he will be going to Lowe's tomorrow to purchase our appliances. He's going to do it in order to get his "no tax" discount as a home-builder. He will also be getting a discount for us for military. Aaaaaaaaaaand, right now there's a 10% discount off Energy Star appliances at Lowe's. That's a grand total of 26%ish off of the original prices of the fridge, washer, and dryer we will be buying tomorrow! That's a steal!!

Marc called the bank to see if they received our contract from the realtor and to ask what we should be doing next. There was a little hiccup with the paperwork because someone had put on the contract that the house was 85% completed. Woah woah woah! The backyard doesn't have grass yet, but THAT'S IT! So we fixed the hiccup by having our realtor confirm with the builder that it's actually 99% done. Once we had that confirmed, Marc spent an hour on the phone giving the bank representative a load of information and having them get the ball rolling on our loan application paperwork. The ball is rolling...