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bouquiniste 
A friend of ours has money to invest, and she has decided she wants to buy a house and do a rent-to-own deal with us. It seems like the only way we'll ever have a house of our own again, barring lottery wins or rich relatives that I don't know about. So for the last month or so, we've been running around town looking at anything that's remotely in our price range (low) and not completely falling apart. We had pretty much decided on a little two-bedroom, but then the owner suddenly pulled it off the market. Last night, we looked at another one on the next street. It's also a two-bedroom, but has a full basement. It has a big sunny back yard where I could grow all the vegetables we need, and two cherry trees in the front yard. It's only a five-minute walk to my work, and about the same distance to the main shopping area. Unfortunately, it backs onto the fire station. This is a small town, though, and it's not like the fire trucks get called out every five minutes. Also, it means that no one is going to build a monster house behind us and block all our sun, like they did to my parents.
Are we crazy to be even thinking about doing this? After losing our first house, the idea of trying to buy another one makes me really nervous. I wouldn't even be considering it, except that we may have to move from where we are soon anyway, and it's going to be tough finding another suitable rental. Gotta love that stress.
