I know I shouldn't yell in the forum but I am just soooooooo excited
On Saturday night during the dinner/dance I missed a call from our real estate agent. When I finally reached her on Sunday morning she told us she had an offer on our house. It was a low ball so we countered and withing an hour on Sunday our house was SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!
Our wheels will roll on our anniversary on June 1. I just can't wait. Finally we will be able to meet somewhere down the road.
Did I mention that I am excited?????
Vicky and Ira
-- Edited by Ivey on Monday 18th of April 2011 02:26:19 PM
2fortheroad said
01:36 PM Apr 18, 2011
WOW!! Congratulations,
We have had three showings in the past two weeks, hope that it is a sign of an improving market.
-- Edited by 2fortheroad on Monday 18th of April 2011 07:30:17 PM
2riker2go said
02:21 PM Apr 18, 2011
Awesome!!! Congratulations! I am so happy for you guys! I hope that things go as smoothly for us when it is our turn!!
Gypsy Turtle 2 said
02:25 PM Apr 18, 2011
Congratulations Vicki and Ira! Excellent news.
It was very nice meeting you at the rally and hope to see ya down the road :)
BruceandTrisha said
02:29 PM Apr 18, 2011
Don't you just feel like doing cartwheels . . . or the happy dance? Congratulations! Looking forward to all that you share with the forum as you begin this awesome lifestyle!
mktobob said
02:36 PM Apr 18, 2011
That is great news! It probably worked to your advantage by missing the call and not getting back to the low ball offer people until the next day.
They had time to think about the house and their offer and had time to realize that they really wanted the house and should be willing to pay more than they offered.
Best wishes for a smooth transaction.
Readytogo said
03:14 PM Apr 18, 2011
I am so excited for you!! It will be here in no time.
Necro said
03:43 PM Apr 18, 2011
Congrats. :)
RVRon said
04:29 PM Apr 18, 2011
Awesome news, Vicky & Ira! Joan and I are GREEN with envy that you'll be starting your fulltiming life soon!
Ivey said
04:35 PM Apr 18, 2011
Thanks everyone. We are so excited. We still have to get through inspections but we don't anticipate any problems there. I am still pinching myself to make sure I am not dreaming.
Vicky and Ira
laurly said
06:43 PM Apr 18, 2011
Woohoo! Glad to hear that the phone call was what you hoped it would be! The market must be picking up for sure! Good luck with the rest of the process!!
Ckerr said
07:22 PM Apr 18, 2011
Congrats! Keeping my fingers crossed that all goes smoothly through closing!
Froggi said
07:31 PM Apr 18, 2011
WHOO-HOO!!! Congratulations!
heyduke said
06:02 AM Apr 19, 2011
congrats... we are still trying to sell ours...
Linda said
07:43 AM Apr 19, 2011
Whoo Hoo!! So happy for you two!
The Hensons said
02:29 PM Apr 23, 2011
Excellent!
bonnie and clyde said
06:03 PM Apr 23, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS--in todays world that is great--I am about 18 months behind you--hope to see you down the road
Mmalenski said
04:33 PM Apr 24, 2011
We just sold our house as well today, and now we move one more step closer to traveling full time. I didn't think it would ever sell, told a nice loss on this house, but it sold.....who would have thought that owning a house would be worse then owning a car... My wife an I will never own another house..
RVRon said
04:54 PM Apr 24, 2011
Mmalenski wrote:
We just sold our house as well today, and now we move one more step closer to traveling full time. I didn't think it would ever sell, told a nice loss on this house, but it sold.....who would have thought that owning a house would be worse then owning a car... My wife an I will never own another house..
Who would ever have thought that you could lose money on a house? It's like the American Dream is shattered. Small consolation, but can't you treat it as a loss on your tax return this year?
Mmalenski said
06:00 PM Apr 24, 2011
Yes we can write it off on our taxes, but it's hard to stomach what a waste of money owning a home turned out to be. If you look at how much money you put into it over the years, it really hard to take and it turns out that owning a home is a loss. We have a normal 4 bed 2 1/2 bath house. We had to update each bathroom twice since we owned it. Put all new appliances in it twice, carpet twice, etc, roof once, I forgot how many gallons of paint over the years. Lawn care, interest to the bank, etc, etc, etc. .. Renting a condo is the way to go for us until we it the road.. This way if something goes wrong all I have to do is pick up the phone and call the owner. A lot of my friends are so upside down on their house, that several are thinking to just throw the keys on the counter and walk away. it will be nice to be able to move down the road not having to worry about the mail and the lawn and the new papers laying outside...
Waggin Tails said
06:09 PM Apr 24, 2011
Doing a happy dance for you guys. Congratulations on the good news. Hope to meet you on the road some day.
nessiekatt said
06:32 PM Apr 27, 2011
Yea!!!!!
I hope to be out of mine by June or July and into a 5th wheel.
jb said
12:26 PM May 1, 2011
Very happy for you! Congratulations.
Ivey said
07:03 PM May 1, 2011
Mmalenski wrote:
We just sold our house as well today, and now we move one more step closer to traveling full time. I didn't think it would ever sell, told a nice loss on this house, but it sold.....who would have thought that owning a house would be worse then owning a car... My wife an I will never own another house..
Congratulations on the sale. We are lucky in that we didn't lose money but we sure didn't make what we could have a few years back. I hear you about never owning another house. I am feeling the same way. I am sure this will rebound but at our age who wants to wait.
See you on the road soon.
Vicky and Ira
jb said
07:23 AM May 4, 2011
RVRon wrote:
Mmalenski wrote:
We just sold our house as well today, and now we move one more step closer to traveling full time. I didn't think it would ever sell, told a nice loss on this house, but it sold.....who would have thought that owning a house would be worse then owning a car... My wife an I will never own another house..
Who would ever have thought that you could lose money on a house? It's like the American Dream is shattered. Small consolation, but can't you treat it as a loss on your tax return this year?
I am trying to look at it over the long term. I will take a significant loss on this one but did ok on my other three. If I calculate all my houses together, I spent less than $50/month for housing for 22 years. Overall, I came out much better than if I had rented. It is like any other investment some are winners, some are losers.
I know I shouldn't yell in the forum but I am just soooooooo excited
On Saturday night during the dinner/dance I missed a call from our real estate agent. When I finally reached her on Sunday morning she told us she had an offer on our house. It was a low ball so we countered and withing an hour on Sunday our house was SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!
Our wheels will roll on our anniversary on June 1. I just can't wait. Finally we will be able to meet somewhere down the road.
Did I mention that I am excited?????
Vicky and Ira
-- Edited by Ivey on Monday 18th of April 2011 02:26:19 PM
WOW!! Congratulations,
We have had three showings in the past two weeks, hope that it is a sign of an improving market.
-- Edited by 2fortheroad on Monday 18th of April 2011 07:30:17 PM
Congratulations Vicki and Ira! Excellent news.
It was very nice meeting you at the rally and hope to see ya down the road :)
Don't you just feel like doing cartwheels . . . or the happy dance? Congratulations! Looking forward to all that you share with the forum as you begin this awesome lifestyle!
That is great news! It probably worked to your advantage by missing the call and not getting back to the low ball offer people until the next day.
They had time to think about the house and their offer and had time to realize that they really wanted the house and should be willing to pay more than they offered.
Best wishes for a smooth transaction.
I am so excited for you!! It will be here in no time.
Awesome news, Vicky & Ira! Joan and I are
GREEN
with envy that you'll be starting your fulltiming life soon!
Vicky and Ira
WHOO-HOO!!! Congratulations!
Whoo Hoo!! So happy for you two!
CONGRATULATIONS--in todays world that is great--I am about 18 months behind you--hope to see you down the road
Who would ever have thought that you could lose money on a house? It's like the American Dream is shattered. Small consolation, but can't you treat it as a loss on your tax return this year?
Doing a happy dance for you guys. Congratulations on the good news. Hope to meet you on the road some day.
I hope to be out of mine by June or July and into a 5th wheel.
Very happy for you! Congratulations.
Congratulations on the sale. We are lucky in that we didn't lose money but we sure didn't make what we could have a few years back. I hear you about never owning another house. I am feeling the same way. I am sure this will rebound but at our age who wants to wait.
See you on the road soon.
Vicky and Ira
I am trying to look at it over the long term. I will take a significant loss on this one but did ok on my other three. If I calculate all my houses together, I spent less than $50/month for housing for 22 years. Overall, I came out much better than if I had rented. It is like any other investment some are winners, some are losers.