Update: We've stopped looking for now. All that's available here in our price range are fixers, and we just can't do that right now. We need to be able to have something that's ready to move into. A few minor things are ok, but we're not willing to replace porches or floors or repair water damaged walls or convert oil furnaces into natural gas right now. There was exactly ONE house we looked at that could have worked, but when we called, they had just accepted an offer on it. Seeing as we're wanting to adopt, we really need to be able to have things ready for inspections and home visits. Dh gets a raise in January, so maybe we'll try again. This was a great learning experience...thanks guys for all your advice. I'm not so scared of it now, because of all the information. It's not a question of if, now, as a question of when. We need to wait for the right time and the right house to fall into our laps. I'm not discouraged, but maybe a little bummed, because we set our hopes up for something different/better, and it's just not the right time.
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