We closed on the property on March 4th, 2016. And while technically the bank owns it, we are now landowners. Everything went according to plan. It was actually quite a pleasant experience. Even our lender, Jon from Capital Farm Credit was there to give us a goody bag full of paraphernalia. I will be updating
Finally able to exhale! This past Monday (2/22/16) we sold our home in Alvin (Still Waters). Things could not have worked out better for us. The obvious struggle with starting an adventure like this is how to fund it. How do you come up with 20% to secure a mortgage on a piece of land, and still have
Molly and I spent the weekend at the Mother Earth News Fair in Belton, TX. There were thousands of people there! Very inspirational. We attended great workshops lead by the people who are pioneering the sustainable living movement. There were also lots of vendors trying to catch the attention of the knowledge hungry crowds. Molly
Took another load of stuff to the ranch yesterday. Fortunately the neighbor was outside so I took advantage of the moment. Both Buddy and Gene were outside BSing so I was able to meet two of my neighbors at one time. Buddy invited me back to his awesome man-cave and we enjoyed a beer. Today
Wow, that was fast! We put the house up for sale last week, and no sooner than the sign was posted, we had a showing. And a few days letter, an offer for our full asking price. Yesterday the signed contract and earnest money was in the hands of the title company and we are
This past weekend we put our home in Santa Fe up for sale. Katelyn and I made a big sign to put in the yard, listed it on Craigslist, and built a web page for it. Within hours we had someone from down the road wanting to look at it. I guess they fell in love because we
Looking back on 2015… We got serious about moving this summer. There was 70 acres next to the in-laws that was rumored to be coming on the market and I spent many an hour in dreaming and scheming how to buy it, but it did not come to pass. In passing, Michael and I went driving
