House Hunters, Utah Valley

So we are house hunting, and I hate it. And also love it. For pretty much the same reasons. It's always fun looking at pictures of houses and imagining the possibilities. But then I always feel disappointed when we go see the house if it didn't live up to its pictures or maybe just didn't feel right. It makes it kinda hard to get excited about a house unless I have actually seen it. But going to see too many houses is exhausting too. The other thing is, it is almost impossible to predict what Charlie will like (but he says the same about me). We do have an agent and he is great, but I guess it takes a lot to please us. The right house not only has to be the right size. right layout, right price, be in relatively good condition, and have a good lot size, but also it just has to feel like us. We are nerdy, eccentric, hip, Latin, boring people. And we want our house to reflect that. Hah. I'm not sure that is ever going to happen. Luckily, we are adaptable. If we could just find a house that felt homey for both of us, we would get it. A while ago, we found a house both Charlie and I liked (crazy), But we low-balled our offer too much I guess, because they took another offer. We knew there was another offer, but we weren't really sure how high to counteroffer, and anyway now its too late. So here we are looking again. There seems to be a lot of people looking right now, which is kind of a surprise. Great priced houses are going really fast. But there aren't really a ton of great priced houses out there, so that may be why. At least in this area. Unless you want to get a short sale, and we kinda don't. There are a few bank-owned on the market. But I know there are more foreclosures than are listed, and I don't know why they don't list them. What is the plan here, does anyone know? Why do I have to sign up and pay for a service to tell me the foreclosures? Why don't they just list them so the consumers can find them? Don't they want to sell them?? Ok, that is the end of my tirade. Get back to you when we have any news.