BowerPower

[pinkeggs]

I was looking at her Instagram (shaddup) and the most recent pic was of their last house. Her caption read "Guess what just came back into our lives? #iguesswe'relandlordsnow"

Apparently the rent-to-own fell through and they are back in possession of the first house.

GIRL, this is a sign!! Ditch the mansion, get out of house-poordom, and move back closer to Jeremy's job!

She has got to be SO stressed out. She hasn't had that kid yet.

[lemondrop]

I adored their first house, and I never understood why they had to buy the new house, especially considering they appear to be housepoor. With the updates they've made, they could probably unload the mansion pretty easily.

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That really stinks for them. I thought the first house was plenty big enough so I didn't fully understand the move. I think a lot of people (like the Bowers) are trying to take advantage of the low interest/low house price thing going on right now and are sometimes getting themselves in a bind when the house doesn't stay rented and they haven't made adequate financial preparations. I'm not saying they are having problems, I am just stating this as a general thing going on at the moment. Things like this are why I insisted on being able to sell our old house before buying a new one. Luckily, we were able to do that.

[pinkeggs]

Nov 12, 2012 11:25:31 GMT -5 @forcuatro said:

That really stinks for them. I thought the first house was plenty big enough so I didn't fully understand the move. I think a lot of people (like the Bowers) are trying to take advantage of the low interest/low house price thing going on right now and are sometimes getting themselves in a bind when the house doesn't stay rented and they haven't made adequate financial preparations. I'm not saying they are having problems, I am just stating this as a general thing going on at the moment. Things like this are why I insisted on being able to sell our old house before buying a new one. Luckily, we were able to do that.

She did a whole post on how they are housepoor. I just feel like this might be a good opportunity to kill a few birds with one stone. I'm not sure they would have bought the current house if they had known that her DH would have to be gone so much.

[sailorgray]

I saw that and I it did make me wonder if they would consider moving back and trying to sell the new place. Now, I LOVE their new place, but it is A LOT. Hmmmm....

[katecoop]

Wow... I wonder what happened. That has got to be incredibly stressful, especially right now. Was the old house closer to Jeremy's job?

[kristilynnmy]

I like the old place. If you look at an even more recent instagram she took pics of her cleaning supplies and you can see the new tile backsplash in the kitchen!!!

[pugz]

oh man that sucks


I think it would be smart to move back if they can manage to sell the mansion, though that could be even harder than selling the old one!

[katecoop]

Nov 12, 2012 20:36:43 GMT -5 kristilynnmy said:

I like the old place. If you look at an even more recent instagram she took pics of her cleaning supplies and you can see the new tile backsplash in the kitchen!!!

Actually she confirmed that that is the kitchen from the old house. I hope she does something a little more colorful in the new kitchen for the backsplash.

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That stinks for them! I doubt they will sell the new house though simply because I know she wants a large family and this house would give them room to grow and spread out. Maybe their next renter will work out for the rent to own and they can unload it.