I Bought a House in Milwaukee Without Seeing It First -- My First Home

We hadn't intended to buy a house unseen. My husband, Kumar, and I flew from New York City to Milwaukee early last year, hoping to find a suitable starter home during one long weekend. Three days is short, obviously, but it seemed possible: our realtor had cleared his schedule, and for the last two months (since Kumar had matched for a gastroenterology fellowship in Wisconsin), I'd researched the local real estate market and potential neighborhoods like it was a second job. We'd put all of our f...