House Update (or...Lack of House Update)

The closing is complete, the proceeds are safely tucked away in a one year bond (please, no e-mails on hot stock tips or fund schemes, we want to make sure its there when we land somewhere!) April 30th was the first time in 11 month's we didn't have to write checks for mortgage, gas, electric, security, lawn service, insurance and property taxes......What a relief.

With our belongings safely tucked away in temp controlled storage (pre-paid through September) we finally feel like the plan is coming together, as originally designed (we NEVER dreamed the house would take 11 months to sell!). We have our travel plan and destinations laid out through Labor Day (holiday in Lexington, MI with family/friends). After that, we plan on heading back to Southwest. Exact destinations will depend on outcomes of Interviews and job inquiries in a few different cities over the next few weeks.

The plan then would then be to have our stuff shipped out to a TBD destination around November. Now, the house proceeds are locked till April, next year, completely by design. We will probably rent an apartment or house for 6 month's to get a real good feel for the real estate market in our landing destination.

We think we have a great set of options available to us on landing. We can do the rental thing mentioned above. We can live in the coach for awhile to get established, or we can sell the coach, using proceeds from the sale for 1)a down payment on a house (avoiding the rental option) and 2) a second car and 3)a small rig, like a class c, for running around in on weekends. We don't ever see ourselves NOT having an RV, we just have too much darn fun with them!

We think we've done a great job of designing multiple exit plan options to cover any job or location possibilities we end up selecting . Ya' gotta love it when a plan comes together!

-Rich & Laura-