King of the Road (Trailers for Sale or Rent)

Ever since our youngest son started K-State’s architecture program, we have hoped he would design a ‘forever’ home for us.  His recent graduation has made that hope a reality, especially now that we sold our house.  Building will be a long process since we do not have land yet.  Since the house sold so quickly and we needed a place to rest our heads each night, we were forced to decide what was next.   We discussed buying another house or renting an apartment until our custom home could be completed.  Instead, we came up with another solution…..buying a travel trailer.  However, this decision led to more options.  If you haven’t paid much attention to travel trailers, anything imaginable is available.  Some trailers basically are apartments on wheels.  They have all the comforts of home, and often, cost about as much a home, especially if you include the massive truck needed to pull those beasts.  

With the help of our son and Google, we stumbled across Intech Trailers.  Intech specializes in micro camping trailers.  Even better, the Intech Flyer Explore is a micro toy hauler, meaning we could take our motorcycles with us.  After discovering a Flyer Explore with the options we wanted at Mid-America RV in Carthage, MO, we made the trip to check it out.  While the camper is small, just 14 feet, it offers a fold-out full-size bed, a slide out cookstove and electric cooler, heat and air conditioning, and ample storage space.  After a conversation with Salesman Scott and writing a check, we owned our ‘new home’.  

Lesson Learned: There’s a whole lot more to buying a trailer than just writing a check. Stay tuned!

Bye Bye Love

We prayed about selling our home for years. This past April, in the middle of a world wide pandemic, we both felt peace about selling. After contacting a fabulous realtor, Colby Venegas with Sold By Colby, we set May 22, 2020 as our listing date. For a month, we worked hard to prepare the house. We decluttered, we painted, we installed a pea-gravel and paver patio. But most of all, we prayed. On the last night before we listed, which happened to be our 32nd anniversary, Bill prayed for an abundance of buyers. God answered that prayer beyond our expectations! The listing went live on MLS at 8:00 am on Friday, May 22, and our showing app started blowing up. Buyers requested every available time slot, including 5 minute showings. Within 36 hours, we had 32 showings and 19 offers. By 11:00 pm on Saturday night, we had a signed contract for more money and better terms than we could have imagined. God is so good! With a July closing date, we had work to do to vacate the house, establish a new address, and set up our new home. But more about that next time! 

Lesson Learned: Only list a home when you are truly ready to sell.

After 22 years, parting is such sweet sorrow!