We bought a house last month in one of the hottest cities in the US during one of the hottest housing markets in decades.

Here’s what went down https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏡" title="Haus mit Garten" aria-label="Emoji: Haus mit Garten"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">

I’m going to start this thread off by saying we were incredibly lucky.

Just insanely incredibly lucky.

BUT we were intentional about a few things that I’ll explain later.

My spouse and I (M) had a somewhat flexible budget, but we started our search with pretty strict parameters.

3/4 beds, 2 or more baths, some yard, no ranches.

We also wanted to be within 15-20 mins of the city center, but we were fully prepared to give on this.