I never understood those couples that would go and look at homes for sale until I became part of one. We never really started thinking about looking at homes real estate, it just sort of happened one day.

We were walking down the block in the evening and saw a beautiful house for sale. We knew that we didn't really have the money for it, but we wanted to see what it was like. We figured that it couldn't hurt to check it out, and made an appointment for that home for sale. That was the beginning of it all.

The home for sale was beautiful, but it was nothing compared to some of the ones that we saw in subsequent weeks. It was strange, but the longer we were looking at homes for sale, the less realistic we were in our expectations.

Soon, we were looking at extravagant castles, mansions, palaces in the sky. We would actually dress up to go house hunting! We knew that we would never be able to afford any of them – at least anytime soon – but we didn't care. We were playing a make-believe game for adults. We were imagining what it would be like to have our own home.

When we came back down to earth on our real estate for sale shopping, we never really thought about it either. We had been saving up money for some time, and it looked like we just were starting to have enough money for a down payment.

Suddenly, we were looking at the cheapest homes for sale that we could find. Without even thinking about it, we were pricing them and comparing them. The housing market was good in Portland, but it was starting to get expensive. We knew that it was the time to buy. Otherwise, it would be several years before things were so affordable again.

The reason the housing market was so good was because it had been seriously over hyped. It was true that many people were looking for homes for sale in the area where we were currently renting, but not nearly as many as people had thought.

This had had the effect of discouraging people from even looking there – they figured that, if so many people were out looking already , pickings were probably slim. There were actually a huge number of homes on the market that couldn't find anyone to buy them. It wasn't long before we found the perfect one for us.