Cold Feet? Understatement! We had rented for a few years and really had a great time here. My wife said if she ever decided to buy a place, it had to be a Model home, with 3 BR and 2 Baths, inside laundry, and fully furnished. Or it could be a pre-owned but had to be turn-key. Nice parameters and pretty safe, right?
Well, it was in March 2010 on a Monday, cool, cloudy day, so we went around to look at the Open Houses to fill in the afternoon. Went into a CYV, it was a Model, fully furnished with all the parameters she wanted. The salesmen said it was going to be sold that day. So my wife put our name down as interested, but we were number 2 on the list and one other after us (#3)was listed as interested. We were told the first one had 3 hours to decide and we should call the salesman at 4:50PM to find out where we were. So, at 4:55 PM I told my wife it's up to you since this home has everything you wanted, price was right, so she called and was told the first couple decided they didn't want it. Now it was our turn and we had 3 hours to decide and we had to call the salesman back that night. Talk about pacing, hand wringing, stomach in knots, etc, etc. Well it's all history, best move we made. But fast forward to now. We sold our CYV in December2011 and are building a new home in Sanibel and will take over in February. Talk about hand wringing, pacing, stomach in knots!! We are now beyond that and are really excited!!
We are still part-timers, our family and friends has visited and stayed with us. We have made so many new friends in TV. We look forward to come down here as well as we look forward to our home in NYS. It's a wonderful feeling to know you have a great place to go to when it's cold with wind chills, with horizontal snow. Gray sky every day, and sunshine is a rarity.
Your alternative is to write a check for $9,000 for 3 months rent. October and November is beautiful here, if you want to come down, its another $5,000.
If you are in a financial position to be able to go ahead, and your family is behind you, then all we can say is to live your life.
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