Looking for a New Home Timeline

1. Started “looking” late last year – because a grandchild was on the way. Our “empty nest” was about to be visited with a larger family – and a one bed/one bath condo was no longer going to work.
2. Our first grandchild, a granddaughter was born on New Year’s Day. We then decided to be more serious in our search for larger “home” at the beach.
3. We realized we wound have to give up our Ocean City oceanfront view to get a larger place that would not strain the budget – so we began looking in the Caine Woods, Ocean City area. Our first condo was in Caine Woods and we liked the laid back atmosphere of the community. 
4. We actually found a couple of houses for sale in CAine Woods that had some appeal – but they were far enough from the beach that we would need a car to get to the sand. The Caine Woods community also had no association, or local, pool. So, we decided to look a “bit further” back from the beach. 
5. We found the Ryan Homes development of Bayview Landing that was promoting single family homes from the 290′s. WooHoo – right at the lower end of our budget and a good bit less than we knew we could get for our condo (even with the so-called depressed real estate market).

For the rest of the story see the “Purchasing a Ryan home Timeline” post(s). They will be updated as the process continues – from the initial purchase agreement to the final settlement – and then on to “moving in.”