Offer is Officially Accepted!

Good news this morning.... we've been waiting since Saturday night to hear from the relocation company who is working with the sellers of the home we want to buy in Muscatine. This morning our realtor let us know that our offer is officially accepted! Talk about a HUGE relief. We were so excited this weekend to know that the sellers had accepted the offer but it's been a big weight on our shoulders as we've been waiting to get the final approval from their relocation company. We can breathe a little easier now and look forward to enjoying our new home. The inspection on our house up here was done Tuesday morning and although we are waiting for the written report to be made official, there is one problem that came up which we are going to need to get fixed. There is an issue with a spot in the siding on the back of the house. It's a bit stressful to know there is something we need to fix, but the realtors are being very proactive and the buyers definitely still want to buy the house - we are waiting to hear when a contractor will be over to check out the issue, recommend a solution and give us an amount. Because it's "spring" here I don't know if the issue can be fixed before the closing date or not, but if it does not get fixed before closing we are hopeful that the FHA loan approval person will allow us to just give the buyers money to put into escrow to pay for the repairs once the weather cooperates and the contractor has the opportunity to fix it. So we are asking for prayers that everything will just go smoothly with having everything up to par for the closing to go through. It's hard to sit here and wait for those papers to be signed - so that we can REALLY move. But we've been trusting God to work out the details all along and He knew there was something that would need to be fixed even if we didn't know it, so it will all fall into place. Right now the closing date is May 12th, but we may be able to move it up a couple of weeks, so as soon as we know for sure, I'll be sure to post it!