[kersy]

We’ve been trying to buy a place since October and it’s pretty insane out there. Have put offers on several homes, we got two of them, with both having some really serious issues uncovered in the inspections that killed those deals. Otherwise, we’ve put in more offers than I can remember, none being less than 22k over and up to 47k over with no concessions. On each one we’ve lost out to people (or rental companies in at least one case) offering higher and, in several instances, stipulating they would carry out no inspections/lock themselves into the deal no matter what ended up being wrong with the house. I want to get a place as much as anyone but I’m not tying myself up like that for one.