[lovsthosebigdogs]

We came down for a LSV and fell in love. Couldn't leave without buying a house even though we wouldn't retire for 4 years. It made no sense really but we were so in love with TV we had to buy the house we saw. Long story short, we bought it, found a property manager and rented it out unfurnished. So far so good. All I have to do is pay the monthly bill and try to forget my longing to BE in TV already. The first few months were extremely painful but it's getting easier and it sort of feels unreal that we really own the house now. I don't know how we gave in to this impulse buy on something we can't really use for so long but it'll be waiting for us when we can move down. So far so good on the rental and we just have to hope that it stays rented until we are ready to move. In retrospect I guess we should have waited. I don't know if we are making or losing money, and frankly I don't WANT to know because we are in the middle of it and we aren't selling. My head is in the sand and I'm happy to keep it there for now.