April 6, 2013 5:22 AM PDT
We're headed down to Alabama next week to speak with some realtors as we've seen a few places on line that we're interested in. We've started on prepping the house for the sale since the weather has broken. Sanding and refinishing the wood floors; ya gotta spend a little to make a little. The wood shed is cleaned since the last of our firewood is in the garage. A tiny touch up to the land scapeing is on the agenda. And that new driveway we put in back in Sept. really adds to the curb appeal. Our 2005 Chrysler Crossfire is for sale; actually built the same as a Mercedes 320 SK with a fiberglass body built in Canada. It has 39K miles on it. I want $14.5 for it. It's a cool car but not really something we need.
I'll also be selling my 2005 F250 Ford truck (82K miles) since I'm really not going to need it in Alabama. I love the truck but the move is more important. I'm asking $15,000 for it. Gypsy doesn't want to sell it but she knows we have to if we want to get out of here. It doesn't seem to matter that our credit rating is above 800, banks are still wanting 20% down for a home loan. So, the extra cash will be a good thing because I'm not going to realize a whole heck of a lot from the sale of our home.
It's possible that I'm asking too much for every thing; I don't know. But I have to start somewhere. Now that we're moving I've got people crawling out of the wood work to buy my '98 FXDWG which I do NOT intend to sell. Still, intentions are one thing and money talks is another.
Thanks for letting me ramble folks. I'm just excited and I'm so hoping to make this all work.
Have a great day.
Peace
April 7, 2013 8:39 AM PDT
Great Big Step there Jimmy & Gypsy. Kudos and best of luck, although you all seem to have your heads on dtraight so luck won't play the biggest part.
April 7, 2013 11:25 AM PDT
Good luck with the move! I am looking at moving from Texas over to North Carolina.... Man the summers here suck! Would like someplace with all 4 seasons but nothing extreme in either one. Will miss being able to ride through the winter though! Always makes it pucker when making a big change.
April 7, 2013 2:07 PM PDT
We thought of moving to N. Carolina. Ridden there so much we know it like the back of our hand. Just like east TN. it's absolutely breath taking. It's just too touristy for us, whereas Alabama is more a gateway to Florida. Good luck to ya Trippin. I think you'll enjoy n. Carolina. Haven't heard from night rider since we were last in the Smokey Mtn. I know his move from Texas to Pigeon Forge has been a good one for him.
Peace