Dear Sellers....

We wanted to introduce ourselves because we know that selling your home is a big decision.

We were married just nine months ago up in San Marcos. It was a wonderful day and the start of our lives together. After four years of dating, we made a lifelong commitment to each other before our family, friends, and God that this other person was going to be our partner. At just 29 & 30, we know that we have a long life of journeys ahead of us. One of the journeys we hoped to take someday is that toward being home owners.

After first getting married, we sat down and discussed the possibility of buying a home. Our wedding and honeymoon were wonderful, but we were ready to start the next phase of our lives together. However, we decided that the smart decision was to pay off our debt and make a dedicated effort to be responsible with our finances. We put our want to purchase a home on the back burner and focused our energies on our relationship and growing as a newly married couple while paying off our debts.

This was the plan until Christine called just 2 weeks ago and told us about your house. We weren't looking and hadn't really been in contact with Christine in a few months, except for seeing each other at church occasionally. Buying a home was the furthest thing from our mind as we planned for the summer ahead. But she piqued our interest and we drove by your house.

From the moment we saw the cheerful yellow paint and the quiet neighborhood, we felt at home. We talked about it and decided that we wanted to see the house itself and not just admire it from afar. We threw our great plans out the window and said, "what can it hurt?" When we walked through the door of the house, it was such a great feeling. Walking around and seeing the potential for our family to grow in your house was amazing. We have always felt strongly that we didn't want to start a family until we could truly bring our baby "home" from the hospital. A baby won't know the difference between a rental and "home", but we will. And that's important to us. Buying a home now would mean starting that family. Watching our kids grow up, having family BBQs with our parents and siblings, spending family time at the dinner table sharing our days - that's what we could imagine when we walked into your house for the first time. We could see our family and the home that we could make there.

We just wanted to share this with you as we know how sterile this transaction can seem. In this day and age when we focus so much on the material things in our lives, we sometimes forget that the most important treasures we have are our loved ones and our ability to affect others' lives in a positive way. No matter what your decision with our offer, we truly hope that in selling your house you are able to bless another family while continuing to remember the wonderful times you had in the house as a family yourself.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
God Bless,
Jen & Mike Long