Just remember: Ask for what you want :)
Last Thursday we had a friend (who is a Realtor) over to discuss ideas and price on selling our house after the summer. What I told our friends I would really like would be for the perfect buyers, who love the house, to show up and buy it now but let us stay for the summer to swim in the pool. That way I can do the work on the house the way they want, instead of just what I think a buyer would want. So, our friend walked through the space with me and said "you know, my girlfriend is a realtor too, and she has a client who could be a good fit for your place, however they're looking now. If you want, we could let them see it, and at the least it would be an interesting exercise." Well, needless to say, that was a little ahead of the game, so I told him we'd have to think about that.

Saturday... Went to the dealership and finalized the deal on the RV. They need a week to get it ready for me. Went home in the evening and after briefly discussing it with DW, we decided to call our friend and allow them to show the house to the prospective couple... the next day :eek:

Sunday... Our new friends arrive at 1:30 to look at the house. We talked a little, then wanting to give them some space we left to go have lunch. After lunch we swung by the video store; need to veg out a little after a hectic weekend. Call coming in on my cell... they are offering us our asking price and we'll have the contract this evening. Not only are the buyers a natural extension of our community, they even want to hold the same intention and use of the unique spaces we've created here. Also, they are generously accommodating of the fact that this is a little ahead of our planned time-line and are willing to help us stay for a couple of months to get ready to leave.

Tuesday... house inspection; nothing unexpected for our 1/2 50+ yr. old house. (The other 1/2 is only a few years old).

Wednesday... repair requests; again, nothing unreasonable or unexpected.

Thursday... complete a few of the repairs.

Friday... guess I better go to the RV dealer and pick up that hitch so I can install it!

After becoming increasingly dismayed with allergies in Austin, and finding that we're working just to cover overhead, we've decided to hit the road. We love camping and road tripping as a family (dad, mom, son, daughter, and sometimes poppy), so after a three and a half week trip with the minivan and a pop-up, we came home last month and decided to try full-timing and workamping. After extensive research on the net and lots of reading from the library, we decided on a fifthwheel and a dually. Knowing that allergy season will be worst beginning again in the fall, we've decided to leave as soon after this summer as we can sell the house. After our first trip to the large rv dealership nearby, we fell in love with a deal on a fiver with a bunk room in the back and queen master up front (Monte Vista 35rbmv). Two weeks later (first week of March) we've put a deposit on it and purchased an '05 Ford F350 diesel dually crew-cab. It's official... now we're just putting the vibe out there so that one or more of our friends who are turning up saying they want to buy our house will be able to afford it.