How We Found Acacia Acres

Back in June of this year we found a gutted house on 24 acres in Mounds, OK and put in an offer.  It was accepted, but the deal wound up falling through when they got a better, non contingent offer.  Scott was heartbroken over it and so we stopped looking for several months while dealing with the disappointment.  Finally, the Saturday before Thanksgiving we decided to go look at three properties.  They all had promise, but none of them was that "just right" place we were seeking.  However, there was one in east Broken Arrow that had a lot of what we thought we wanted.

Scott mentioned the property to his parents, and since it was only about 4 miles from them, they decided to go see it.  Because of where they live in BA, their route was different than ours, and on their way they noticed a Coldwell Banker sign for a home on 20 acres.  Curious, they drove by and grabbed a flier with all of the info.  When they saw the price and features, they were sure we would be interested, so they called us with the MLS#.  I looked it up and was immediately intrigued.  The house and 2.5 acres were listed separately from the other 17.5 acres, so it had not come up on any of my searches, which were all set for homes with 10 acres or more.  The listing was also confusing because it seemed to indicate that the land and home sold together, but on separate listings with separate prices, which made it seem that they were asking twice the actual price.

So, a lot of things had to come together for us to find the place and to keep others from finding it.