After our offer on another home did not get accepted last week, we found this adorable home in West Des Moines Wednesday and put in an offer on Thursday. Another family also made an offer, but the sellers chose us! They didn't even negotiate; they just took the offer as is.
It's not all said and done as the inspection is this week. We are buying the house "as is" so if there is anything catastrophically wrong with the home, we'll have a hard decision to make. My father-in-law walked through it already and gave it his seal of approval so we are feeling pretty damn good about it. It's not like we are already picking out paint colors and furniture… OK, we are definitely already doing that. Homeownership, here we come!