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gjwarneke
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Feb 20, 2014

Funny thing happened on the way to retirement

DH retires from his job May 5th I am already done working.

Been planning our exit for 28 mos. now. Our biggest and hardest decision was on weather to sell the S&B or lease it out come June.
So we have been doing a little remodeling, laminate floors, upgrading fixtures, painting etc. Some work we did not want to do ourselves so we called in a contractor last week that our realtor friend had recommended. (Realtor had also already gone over numbers with us on selling or renting)

Contractor makes us a offer on buying the house from us. We haggled back n forth for 3 days and came to a deal we are all happy with.

So looks like we will be in our 5th wheel full-timing a month before DH retires and then head out on the road almost 2 months before planned exit!!!

We are excited to say the least...now the real packing begins !!
And onto great adventures.

Jo & Glenn

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  • Very similar thing happened to us last fall. Sold out put everything in storage figuring we could find a one story house. Yea right! Still sitting in our fiver. I am happy, DW misses her house. First things first, get rid of everything you can live without. Storage is expensive. Then find something to do. Volunteering for the state park system is a wonderful way to get involved and live really cheap. We cannot wait to get out in June for the summer. We are looking for a new home, but the market is so tight right now, there is simply nothing that we want out there. Find a decent park and settle in, and have fun.
  • That is awesome. I'm glad it worked out for you. We can't wait to join the Full-timers!