Totally random question but is this for your current home or for a new home you’re purchasing?

Yeah that’s not us - we’re native Rhode Islanders who plan to live in this state forever.

And also, perhaps this will fall on deaf ears but maybe consider not referring to diversity and inclusion as a joke/something that’s ruining the state.

A Time Machine feels like our best path to property ownership 😂 now to figure out how to build one…..

We’re ideally looking for a 3bd/2ba with an updated kitchen that otherwise isn’t a major fixer upper (I’m cool with painting, refreshing/updating a bathroom, doing a few DIY fixes but I really don’t want to have to renovate a kitchen and/or live in a construction zone).

We are only looking in certain locations which is what makes it difficult: Cranston (Edgewood, Meshanticut, Eden Park, Garden City, western Cranston) and the Elmhurst area of Providence.

We do have an agent who is great! We’ve been looking seriously/making offers for the last 3-4 months. We were so close to getting a home recently (estate sale in Cranston in the Dean Estates area) but the inspection revealed some major issues and we had to back out to avoid buying a complete money pit. We were close to homeownership in December too but just got in at the wrong time- we had a backup offer on a house but the original deal went through (home ended up selling for $10k less than our back up offer)

We’re keeping our hopes up that we will land in the right home at the right time! I just took to Reddit to vent today cause it was one of those days lol

That’s awesome - congrats to you and the fiancé on the new house!

We’re definitely not opposed to putting in some work like what you’ve described but also don’t want a major fixer upper either, which unfortunately seems like what’s out there currently. Inventory is just awful right now 😭

Thank you!!!

Just a little to rural for what we’re looking for unfortunately but I appreciate the comment! We live in PVD now and work in the city so we’re hoping to end up somewhere Providence-adjacent (ideally Cranston!)

We’re technically approved for more but want to find something in the <$450k range bc of rising rates, student loans, hopes to start a family one day, etc.