Finding a home to buy can be difficult. Just getting to the point where you could even afford a nice home is difficult in itself. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the fact that my husband and I are combining our savings to purchase a home, I don’t think I would have ever been able to buy a home on my own. Now we are looking at homes for sale, and while my husband and I have different opinions on what we would like, we agree on a few things. Must have a fenced in backyard, a screened in porch, and a pool. It wasn’t difficult finding homes with these qualities, but finding one in our price range was more difficult. I thought I had finally found our future dream home, because it not only matched everything we wanted, but it was cheap! Even cheaper than our price range, but as I called the realtor to ask about it, I soon figured out why it was so cheap. You see, the home had pretty bad extensive weather damage. The weather damage was so severe that the air ducts were completely destroyed. Without HVAC ductwork, the home could not be properly heated or cooled. Not that that would matter anyways, since the central air conditioning system also was not working inside of the home. Everything involving the HVAC equipment was messed up, and I was already seeing money signs dancing in my head at the thought of the cost of repairs. It would be too much, and so my husband and I had to move on and look for something better.