Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Strength in Numbers

Still no official word on loan approval yet. Which obviously sucks. But on the positive side, our loan processor expects that once all of our paperwork reaches underwriting, we should hear back from them within 5-7 days. All parties involved, from our SR, to LO,  and even the LP, seem confident that our loan approval is just a matter of when, and not if.  At this point, it's still hurry up and wait.

A part of the appeal of building a new home for us lies within the fact that we as a neighborhood and community will all somewhat be new to one another. I think that will help with the kid transition of making new friends, along with forcing all of us to interact a little more then we might normally, if say the neighborhood was pre-existing.

We're very excited to meet some of our new neighbors. Our SR is planning on organizing a community event in August sometime. That will serve as most of the community's first opportunity to meet one another--other then those moments when you're either sitting in the SR's office at the model house and "random/strange" people come in or you visit and see strangers sitting where you usually sit!

Possible sneak peak at our inaugural community meet and greet

When pre-interviewing home inspectors, one mentioned that it would be a wise idea to start a user group or some sort of internet forum in effort to communicate with others within our new construction community and to stay on top of Ryan Homes, with respect to the inevitable issues and concerns that will arise.  A prime example can be found here: Shame on you Ryan Homes

I'm not sure if we are going to take the lead on that whole "rally the troops" and begin the aforementioned community internet user group or not. I think it's such a phenomenal idea, since it's also a means for all new comers to stay in touch over things like HOA-esque questions, or discussions on adding bus stops, trash referral pick-ups, etc., I'm not usually for being so, well, social--but the pros outweigh the cons (my comfort level), so we shall see!

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