Family makes emotional appeal when buying home

CINCINNATI — Houses are selling fast in the current housing market, and for first-time home buyers it can be frustrating. However, one family made an emotional appeal to the sellers that ended up paying off.

Shauntel Whitfield said she and her family started the process of buying a home about two or three months ago and it was a roller-coaster ride from the start.

Whitfield said her family would schedule viewings of homes only to be told minutes later the