We are sad but okay

We're not buying that big old house after all.

We had a "butt nugget", as Clinton says, of an appraiser who denied our application because he doesn't share our open-minded creative outlook about downtown Durham revitalization. I think it is super weird that you can have awesome credit but get denied simply because you want to live in a really old house in a sketchy neighborhood. Isn't that how one makes the world a better place?! *Be* the change you want to see, right?!

We could appeal the appraiser's decision with the Department of Veterans Affairs but decided that this possibly 6 month+ process would be mind-meltingly frustrating.

We are sad but okay with the turn of events.

NEXT STEPS: We're taking the winter off the house-hunting endeavors (to rest, thank GOD) but will be back at it after the holidays! Look out Durham, here we come!