It was a matter of good/bad timing. We couldn't have bought this house without it being a foreclosure (before the official foreclosure crisis started). But I'm not gonna lie, it did suck at the time and brought a lot of stress on the wife and I both. We got through it and would do it all over again. And we ended up with our dream house... so what if the barn timing, and some other sacrifices, didn't align with our desired calendar. I couldn't be happier. My daughter commented a couple months ago about getting my things out when I move houses and I told her, "Honey, where I'm going to when I leave here, I won't need any of my stuff."