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6 Things I've Learned as a Clueless House Hunter Looking to Buy a Home
Oh my gosh... the housing market right now is INSANE! When my husband and I decided maybe it was time to start looking, we had no idea what we were getting into. Mind you, I've owned 2 homes in the past, so I thought, "I've got this." Nope! Due diligence - What the heck is that? All these addendums - I mean, what?! I figured, I can't be the only one, so that's why I'm writing this blog post. Like I said, I'm clueless, so this isn't all-encompassing, it's just to maybe try to


Every Failure is a Lesson Learned
The lighthouse behind us is the Bodie Island Lighthouse. This was the 3rd attempt at building this lighthouse. The first time the lighthouse was built, it started to lean only two years later. They tried to repair it, but failed. The second lighthouse was built just before the Civil War. Confederates troops actually destroyed this one in fear that it would end up in the hands of Union soldiers. Ten years later, construction began again and despite a lot of challenges over the
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