That’s actually a nice gesture for the water company to contact you and give you a heads up. 

The seller will actually feel like you are more serious as you are taking steps ahead of time to be prepared and cut down on time between acceptance and closing doing it ahead of time. 

I can no longer see the horizon, but my sails are full and the ocean seems to be smooth ahead.

If after calculating the broker’s fee, you’re still coming out ahead with what the broker is offering, it’s a no-brainer to go with that.

I’ve found that waking up earlier gets me a head start on the day to take advantage of time but by 9 I’m ready for bed.  

Looks like he'll be out by the end of the month and we'll get moving full steam ahead next week!

Always screen applicants 2 months ahead of when your unit will be available.

You are 22, you have 25K, and you have the guts to invest in real estate, so you are ahead of the pack.  

My first contractor may have bitten off more that he could chew and ended up bailing on the job 1 week before close and we had to rush to find another contractor who charged up 30% of our 35k rehab loan to be the General on the job and my wife was still having to make to phone calls to arrange the work with the subs...Contractor fee $6.5kWe removed the boiler system and added central air and heat. $12.5kHung new ceiling fans $350Laid carpet in the first floor $2,300Replaced the back deck. $4kReplaced the front and rear entry doors. $6,500Other misc that I have not accounted for here.

If you were to be in the market for a ‘fixer upper’ and getting into the world of REI (thinking ahead to using this as an investment/house hacking down the line) The Good Neighbor Next Door loan is another one that could work for you as a teacher (even if you worked part time and taught even a co-teaching half time schedule to maintain teaching status- I would verify that with a lender and still obtained real estate license (I can try to help you connect with some if you’d like) but for you specifically as some lenders you won’t be able to qualify with a commission based (potential at that for now) income for two years (two years of tax returns) in a lot of cases. https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/sfh/reo/goodn/gnndabot Along these same lines a Homestyle loan product may work for you too, having a decent down payment and great credit score.