Here we go....just signed the listing papers for the house.
el Rojo and Pam said
08:07 AM Jan 10, 2014
The house becomes active next Wednesday. We still have a little touching up and cleaning to do. Where did we get so much stuff???????
Lucky Mike said
08:13 AM Jan 10, 2014
Ok....Where'd they put the like Button!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll do it my way.... H a P p Y Dance !!!!!!!
Let the fun Begin!!!......(now go out and gas it up!!....it's Almost time to go!!)
SnowGypsy said
08:19 AM Jan 10, 2014
Wishing you the best of luck for a quick sale. Where did all the stuff come from? Well, couldn't be from our house because we seem to have more than enough ourselves! Funny thing is, you look at a lot of the stuff you bought and wonder "Why"?
WendysPhotos said
08:48 AM Jan 10, 2014
Best of luck on selling it fast!!!
Ours goes back up at the end of March. I'm with you I never realized we had so much junk.
BiggarView said
09:13 AM Jan 10, 2014
SnowGypsy wrote:
... Funny thing is, you look at a lot of the stuff you bought and wonder "Why"?
Sooooo true. Must have been the old Kool-aid I was drinking. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Red, here's hoping you get a fast sale so you can let the adventure begin!!!
Loretta said
09:19 AM Jan 10, 2014
Good luck on the sale. Hope to meet up with you one day......down the road!
jrzygrl64 said
09:27 AM Jan 10, 2014
Red,
How exciting for you! We hope to be listed by early March!
I agree - so much stuff! UGH! I have started purging closets, etc., but our biggest hurdle will be the garage! Realtor said list it anyway when we are ready and just do what we can as we can. I think Bill is going to have to take a few days off work for that! I have to touch up paint (trying to wait til a warm enough to open windows for a little bit kind of day - not happening anytime soon here in the NE!) and a few other small things to do, nothing too big.
Hope you sell quickly with no issues, I actually wish that for all of us!
See you on the road!
Kelly
NWescapee said
09:32 AM Jan 10, 2014
Best of luck with a quick sale!! Our nephew is a realtor in the DFW area and things have been really, really busy for him for the past year with a lot of really quick sales, bidding wars, etc. Hope that trend works in your favor.
The Restless Youngs said
09:59 AM Jan 10, 2014
Awesome news....and congratulations!! That's a big step forward and totally understand about SO much stuff. Even after starting to purge, I can't tell we've done anything!!! Here's hoping for a quick sale!!
Penny and Paul said
10:01 AM Jan 10, 2014
Very exciting - that's a huge step! We sold ours to the first person to look at it, and for full price. I wish you the same luck we had!
Penny
el Rojo and Pam said
10:02 AM Jan 10, 2014
Thanks everybody, we really appreciate it!
We hope everybody has a quick and uneventful sale this year.
WestWardHo said
10:05 AM Jan 10, 2014
Red,
This is so exciting and the downright exhausting part. I sure agree about all the stuff. You WILL make it through all this and hope we get to meet down the road.
Keep us posted on the house sale activity. 😃
Sherry
DebbieM said
12:06 PM Jan 10, 2014
Hope it sells quickly Red! We'll be right behind you and Jrzygrl64! We'll list in Mar/Apr. Hope to see you maybe at the rally or down the road!
--Debbie
cherylbrv said
12:22 PM Jan 10, 2014
Yay Red!!! How exciting!
Fixing up is almost finished now; maybe another day or 2 for the finishing touches. Then it's up to us to finish purging. We've already almost filled up one dumpster and will need to have it emptied and returned! SO MUCH STUFF!!!
So our Class of '14 so far is you (el Rojo), Debbie & Steve, and Bill & Kelly. When we all hit the road this year, we'll all have meet up and pop the cork on the celebratory champagne!
Cindi said
02:22 PM Jan 10, 2014
How exciting for you!!! Hope I can get everything all sorted through to list by April and then I'm right behind you.
el Rojo and Pam said
02:32 PM Jan 10, 2014
Thanks again everybody. Good idea Cheryl, we should have a G2G! Cindi welcome to the class of '14. Something tells me this will be a big group. We need to prod our ole' buddy MarkS to join us, tell that boss of yours you want that last paycheck sooner than later.
I am so there for the champagne! IF all our houses are sold by rally - wouldn't that be the best!? It would become one hell of a partying week! Count Bill and I in for sure! (even if all our houses aren't sold - we could celebrate early - you know - fake it til we make it!)
cherylbrv said
05:03 PM Jan 10, 2014
It's probably not unrealistic to Dream that we'll all be around for the Fall rally. Let's just hope there are enough spots left!!!
Lucky Mike said
05:11 PM Jan 10, 2014
We can always do a drive by!!!!!!.......................Relax , Uncork & Unwine !!!!!
Russ Ranger said
05:35 PM Jan 10, 2014
Good luck with the sale. Hope yours goes like ours, it sold in 14 days after 17 showings, it never got advertised before it was sold.
I don't miss my "Stuff" one bit. I am no longer manly....I have no table saw, cop saw or my big red tool box. I can live with the shame just so long as I don't have to work anymore. Good bye tools, lawn mower, edger, leaf blower and shovels. Be gone rakes. Good bye tall ladders (it really hurts when you fall off them).
Come to think of it I haven't even thought of that junk in the last six months. I must be a fully recovered ex-worker.
Cindi said
08:25 PM Jan 10, 2014
Well, I won't make the Spring Rally, but I already made my reservations for the Fall Rally. Will make that one even if the house hasn't sold!
The tools I am most looking forward to never missing again are the snow shovels and the snowblower.
VanMar said
09:04 PM Jan 10, 2014
cherylbrv wrote:
Yay Red!!! How exciting!
So our Class of '14 so far is you (el Rojo), Debbie & Steve, and Bill & Kelly. When we all hit the road this year, we'll all have meet up and pop the cork on the celebratory champagne!
Don't forget us! We sell the DW's car in April because the license plates expire. That means the tow vehicle has to be bought in April. House goes on the market the 1st of May. Will be instructing the realtor we want the closing by the end of June. Coach will be bought in May or June and we hit the road the first part of July. Won't be able to make the Rally, though. We have comitments in WI, WA, OR, and CA. This is the "Plan" anyway....set in very solid jello.
Hope to meet all of you sooner or later. Sounds like 2014 will have a big freshman class!
Vance
Jo and Ben said
09:23 PM Jan 10, 2014
Good luck on a quick sale! It is so encouraging to hear how quickly others are selling. We are right behind you, house should go on the market in another week or two, just finishing up some minor repairs. We are so excited!! Very much looking forward to meeting you all at the spring rally in TN and here's hoping these houses are all sold by then :)
Jo
French Bikers said
09:26 PM Jan 10, 2014
Red
I wish you good luck and hope you will sale fast and get what you are expecting for your house. Hoping that you will acheive your target date.
Jean
LibertyLinda said
09:51 PM Jan 10, 2014
We are listing beginning of March - we are doing an initial meeting with realtor tomorrow!
The stuff just keeps coming up for trash or whatever, but I think that is part of the process in realizing that its not the stuff that matters its the journey about to be started so its so much easier to let go of it - disengaging. LOVE IT.
Great journeys Dreamers!
azrving said
11:23 PM Jan 10, 2014
I hope it sells fast so you can move on to your next adventure. I'm a little jealous, wish we were closer to hitting the road but we have so much stuff to purge first. We are meeting with a real estate agent on Tuesday but we won't be able to put the house on the market until March or April.
SuzyQ said
10:41 PM Jan 11, 2014
Red,in 2008 we put our first home up for sale absolutely no takers. Rented it out all these years to our son, listed it on December 13,2013. Packed up RV and left on Monday (16) realtor called as we were leaving with 2 contracts on house! We did take the one that was a little less offer, no inspection all cash. Closed December 30. This house was in Garland suburb of Dallas Texas.
jjm219 said
07:03 AM Jan 12, 2014
Cheryl don't forget to count us in the class of 2014.
jjm219 said
07:05 AM Jan 12, 2014
We are under contract with an investor so if all goes well we will close next month. We have another house to sell before we can buy our dream 5th wheel but hopefully one house down, one to go! Lots of stuff to purge though.
LibertyLinda said
07:27 AM Jan 12, 2014
I am so there for the champagne! IF all our houses are sold by rally - wouldn't that be the best!? It would become one hell of a partying week! Count Bill and I in for sure! (even if all our houses aren't sold - we could celebrate early - you know - fake it til we make it!)
_____________________
Haha - I would LOVE that! Uh, the house selling by rally AND party anyway We are almost on the same timeline Jrzygrl64!
Vstarrider1946 said
12:53 PM Jan 12, 2014
We will be doing the same about April. Good luck on your sale process.
Talk about junk! I realized that we still have boxes of "stuff" the have sat down in the basement since we moved in to this place in 1993. Maybe we don't need it after all.
el Rojo and Pam said
06:34 AM Jan 15, 2014
Thank once again for all the well wishes!!!
Update.......
The house becomes "active today" - It showed 3 times yesterday. I guess word got out.
I'll keep y'all posted.
Red
victorianlady51 said
09:11 PM Jan 19, 2014
Great news. Keep us updated. We're in the process of cleaning out too and hopefully putting our house up for sale the 1st of April
el Rojo and Pam said
06:17 AM Jan 20, 2014
The house is sold. We have a verbal agreement and sign the amended contract today at 2.
This will be a big day for my wife, she's turning in her resignation today too!
Jobless and Homeless on the same day. That's kinda scary.
Is it too early to have a beer? Just kidding.
LibertyLinda said
06:25 AM Jan 20, 2014
Sold within a week??? WOW
Its not too early to have 2 Beers! Congrats!
mylittledogs said
06:35 AM Jan 20, 2014
When you are jobless and homeless you don't expect to hear someone say that's great. But here goes. THAT'S GREAT. May everything go as planned.
Kenny & frances
el Rojo and Pam said
06:47 AM Jan 20, 2014
Hey Linda, I like you attitude! LOL
Thanks Kenny & Frances, the support of this group means a lot!
Red
Lucky Mike said
07:00 AM Jan 20, 2014
It's >>>H a pP y Dance Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Red !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2riker2go said
07:05 AM Jan 20, 2014
Awesome, congrats!! Now the fun (NOT) waiting game for all the steps between now and the closing begins. Hope everything goes smoothly and easily for you guys!! :)
Camper Chronicles said
07:10 AM Jan 20, 2014
NWescapee wrote:
Best of luck with a quick sale!! Our nephew is a realtor in the DFW area and things have been really, really busy for him for the past year with a lot of really quick sales, bidding wars, etc. Hope that trend works in your favor.
That's really great to hear. I have been asking around and folks do seem to be selling quicker. We are listing right after the rally. The house needs a full paint job first and it's to cold up here for that until March.
Camper Chronicles said
07:11 AM Jan 20, 2014
el Rojo wrote:
The house is sold. We have a verbal agreement and sign the amended contract today at 2.
This will be a big day for my wife, she's turning in her resignation today too!
Jobless and Homeless on the same day. That's kinda scary.
Is it too early to have a beer? Just kidding.
Wow wow wow that's awesome
Cindi said
08:52 AM Jan 20, 2014
What great, great news!! We are all so happy for you. Now you are really in the FT lifestyle!
WestWardHo said
09:04 AM Jan 20, 2014
Red,
That is so awesome. You and your wife's dreams are coming true!
Sherry
NWescapee said
10:33 AM Jan 20, 2014
Red - Congrats!!! Now, take a deep breath, enjoy your beer and get at least one night of good sleep. You'll need it to get through the final whirlwind of purging!!
Guess that means that by the time we cross the Red River heading from OKC to Lewisville in March you will be long gone, hope to meet you somewhere down the road.
MarkS said
10:53 AM Jan 20, 2014
We just closed on our rental in Mesa, AZ. Good riddance. I guess that's kind of like throwing something out!
wow, just received the check...I guess it's a done deal!
-- Edited by MarkS on Monday 20th of January 2014 11:38:00 AM
DebbieM said
11:07 AM Jan 20, 2014
Congratulations! Continue on and have some fun!
Russ Ranger said
12:39 PM Jan 20, 2014
Felicidades el Rojo. (Congratulations Red) Congrats, go have fun. Must have been a great home to sell that quick.
When and where is the party, we're all coming.
BiggarView said
12:52 PM Jan 20, 2014
Congrats on the sale, Red. The stars are aligning on the next phase.
Beer drinking, celebratory dances. 25 yards unsportsmanlike conduct per Referee MarkS. Red appeals the penalty.... Upon further review, the ruling on the field is overturned.... Happy dance authorized!!!!
The house becomes active next Wednesday. We still have a little touching up and cleaning to do. Where did we get so much stuff???????
Ok....Where'd they put the like Button!!!!!!!!!!!!!
H a P p Y 
Dance !!!!!!!
I'll do it my way....
Let the fun Begin!!!......(now go out and gas it up!!....it's Almost time to go!!)
Ours goes back up at the end of March. I'm with you I never realized we had so much junk.
Sooooo true. Must have been the old Kool-aid I was drinking. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Red, here's hoping you get a fast sale so you can let the adventure begin!!!
Good luck on the sale. Hope to meet up with you one day......down the road!
Red,
How exciting for you! We hope to be listed by early March!
I agree - so much stuff! UGH! I have started purging closets, etc., but our biggest hurdle will be the garage! Realtor said list it anyway when we are ready and just do what we can as we can. I think Bill is going to have to take a few days off work for that! I have to touch up paint (trying to wait til a warm enough to open windows for a little bit kind of day - not happening anytime soon here in the NE!) and a few other small things to do, nothing too big.
Hope you sell quickly with no issues, I actually wish that for all of us!
See you on the road!
Kelly
Penny
We hope everybody has a quick and uneventful sale this year.
This is so exciting and the downright exhausting part. I sure agree about all the stuff. You WILL make it through all this and hope we get to meet down the road.
Keep us posted on the house sale activity. 😃
Sherry
--Debbie
Fixing up is almost finished now; maybe another day or 2 for the finishing touches. Then it's up to us to finish purging. We've already almost filled up one dumpster and will need to have it emptied and returned! SO MUCH STUFF!!!
So our Class of '14 so far is you (el Rojo), Debbie & Steve, and Bill & Kelly. When we all hit the road this year, we'll all have meet up and pop the cork on the celebratory champagne!
I'll keep you posted on the progress of the sale.
I am so there for the champagne! IF all our houses are sold by rally - wouldn't that be the best!? It would become one hell of a partying week! Count Bill and I in for sure! (even if all our houses aren't sold - we could celebrate early - you know - fake it til we make it!)
I don't miss my "Stuff" one bit. I am no longer manly....I have no table saw, cop saw or my big red tool box. I can live with the shame just so long as I don't have to work anymore. Good bye tools, lawn mower, edger, leaf blower and shovels. Be gone rakes. Good bye tall ladders (it really hurts when you fall off them).
Come to think of it I haven't even thought of that junk in the last six months. I must be a fully recovered ex-worker.
The tools I am most looking forward to never missing again are the snow shovels and the snowblower.
Don't forget us! We sell the DW's car in April because the license plates expire. That means the tow vehicle has to be bought in April. House goes on the market the 1st of May. Will be instructing the realtor we want the closing by the end of June. Coach will be bought in May or June and we hit the road the first part of July. Won't be able to make the Rally, though. We have comitments in WI, WA, OR, and CA. This is the "Plan" anyway....set in very solid jello.
Hope to meet all of you sooner or later. Sounds like 2014 will have a big freshman class!
Vance
Jo
I wish you good luck and hope you will sale fast and get what you are expecting for your house. Hoping that you will acheive your target date.
Jean
We are listing beginning of March - we are doing an initial meeting with realtor tomorrow!
The stuff just keeps coming up for trash or whatever, but I think that is part of the process in realizing that its not the stuff that matters its the journey about to be started
so its so much easier to let go of it - disengaging. LOVE IT.
Great journeys Dreamers!
I hope it sells fast so you can move on to your next adventure. I'm a little jealous, wish we were closer to hitting the road but we have so much stuff to purge first. We are meeting with a real estate agent on Tuesday but we won't be able to put the house on the market until March or April.
I am so there for the champagne! IF all our houses are sold by rally - wouldn't that be the best!? It would become one hell of a partying week! Count Bill and I in for sure! (even if all our houses aren't sold - we could celebrate early - you know - fake it til we make it!)
_____________________
Haha - I would LOVE that! Uh, the house selling by rally AND party anyway
We are almost on the same timeline Jrzygrl64!
We will be doing the same about April. Good luck on your sale process.
Talk about junk! I realized that we still have boxes of "stuff" the have sat down in the basement since we moved in to this place in 1993. Maybe we don't need it after all.
Update.......
The house becomes "active today" - It showed 3 times yesterday. I guess word got out.
I'll keep y'all posted.
Red
Great news. Keep us updated. We're in the process of cleaning out too and hopefully putting our house up for sale the 1st of April
This will be a big day for my wife, she's turning in her resignation today too!
Jobless and Homeless on the same day. That's kinda scary.
Is it too early to have a beer? Just kidding.
Sold within a week??? WOW
Its not too early to have 2 Beers! Congrats!
Kenny & frances
Thanks Kenny & Frances, the support of this group means a lot!
Red
Congrats Red !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's really great to hear. I have been asking around and folks do seem to be selling quicker. We are listing right after the rally. The house needs a full paint job first and it's to cold up here for that until March.
Wow wow wow that's awesome
That is so awesome. You and your wife's dreams are coming true!
Sherry
Guess that means that by the time we cross the Red River heading from OKC to Lewisville in March you will be long gone, hope to meet you somewhere down the road.
We just closed on our rental in Mesa, AZ. Good riddance. I guess that's kind of like throwing something out!
wow, just received the check...I guess it's a done deal!
-- Edited by MarkS on Monday 20th of January 2014 11:38:00 AM
Congratulations! Continue on and have some fun!
When and where is the party, we're all coming.
Congrats on the sale, Red. The stars are aligning on the next phase.
Beer drinking, celebratory dances. 25 yards unsportsmanlike conduct per Referee MarkS. Red appeals the penalty.... Upon further review, the ruling on the field is overturned.... Happy dance authorized!!!!