Sunday, May 5, 2013

135 - Bit-o-Honey

You can't find them anymore... we looked. We're on the road so much lately that I've started looking for treats I ate as a child on the road... Bit-o-Honey just doesn't exist anymore. Sadness.

Anyway, a bit of good news: Out of the blue we learned that we had a potential buyer for our land. He was planning on coming to see it Saturday to make sure he liked it in person. And he did. So we will be closing on the sale of our land within the next couple of weeks. That brings us one step closer to getting a house, which is what we need to get us back on track.

We've realized that not having a home has not been working for us. Living in the RV is not the issue, but pulling it around and paying for a place to park it has. And not having access to our belongings means we've wasted money replacing things we already have. We also eat out a lot more than we would if we have adequate pantry space. Part of it stems from having to find a grocery store and/or not knowing how long we'll be in one spot... by the time we arrive we're usually tired and eating out is easiest. Then lunch has to be eaten out because you don't go grocery shopping... and the cycle may repeat itself every few days because the refrigerator is small and not as cold as a home fridge so things spoil more quickly.

So... we need this to happen. The seller is willing to do owner finance, but in a strange fashion, he's willing to co-sign. So we have to figure out how to make that work without us having jobs. Mike has one coming, he just has to pass the background check and physical and then we'll have an income. But it's a fine line between waiting until then, and risking that they will think we're flighty because we don't respond. I don't know what to do at this point other than call the bank and see what they say, try to negotiate something.