Seeking Permanence in Prattvegas

Well, semi-permanence anyway. Today is a big day - we are meeting with a (not-yet-our) real estate agent for a trial run and to view some houses. We gave him a list of our musts and our sure-would-be-nices, and he sent us several very reasonable houses to visit. We'll be meeting up with him today after church, if Tropical Storm Fay approves, to see the houses. Even though it's a little soon for us to be seriously talking about buying a house, we do plan on letting our soon-to-be agent see what exactly we want, what we can live without, and what we won't accept. Our goal date to own a house is Nov. 1 because our lease here is up Nov. 15. We'll see how it goes.