Eric
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Howdy everyone.
I guess this is the place to introduce myself - I'm Eric, a 38 year old California Transplant to Austin, TX. My wife and I are in contract to buy our first house, and today is inspection day.
While the home inspector is doing his thing, I though I'd poke around, and check out all the things I wasn't able to see during our two brief 10 minute home tours with the realtor.
Yeah, I know I'm not supposed to bother the inspector while he works. It seems like all I'm doing these days is writing checks with at least 2 more zeroes than I usually do, so leaving him alone to do the job is my #1 priority.
A bit about me. My dad owned a hardware store in Salinas, California in the late 70's and early 80's. I built my first fort at 9, and rebuilt my first car (a 1970 Triumph Spitfire that I still have) at 14. In college I studied Biochemistry, and worked in the Silicon Valley collecting patents. Several years ago I changed professions, and we escaped the Bay Area and the crazy housing prices and came to Austin. We thought we would buy a house here no problem, but it took almost 3 years to find a neighborhood we loved. For the last 20 years I can count on one hand the number of days I've swung a hammer.
I've got a website where I talk about my day to day life shooting weddings, finally getting my first home, and other day to day ramblings, and in 10 posts, I'll share that with y'all.
I guess this is the place to introduce myself - I'm Eric, a 38 year old California Transplant to Austin, TX. My wife and I are in contract to buy our first house, and today is inspection day.
While the home inspector is doing his thing, I though I'd poke around, and check out all the things I wasn't able to see during our two brief 10 minute home tours with the realtor.
Yeah, I know I'm not supposed to bother the inspector while he works. It seems like all I'm doing these days is writing checks with at least 2 more zeroes than I usually do, so leaving him alone to do the job is my #1 priority.
A bit about me. My dad owned a hardware store in Salinas, California in the late 70's and early 80's. I built my first fort at 9, and rebuilt my first car (a 1970 Triumph Spitfire that I still have) at 14. In college I studied Biochemistry, and worked in the Silicon Valley collecting patents. Several years ago I changed professions, and we escaped the Bay Area and the crazy housing prices and came to Austin. We thought we would buy a house here no problem, but it took almost 3 years to find a neighborhood we loved. For the last 20 years I can count on one hand the number of days I've swung a hammer.
I've got a website where I talk about my day to day life shooting weddings, finally getting my first home, and other day to day ramblings, and in 10 posts, I'll share that with y'all.
Glad to hear it went well. 
