A few days ago I was reading some of the blogs I follow. Most of them are written by full time rv'ers but a few are written by "wannabees."
This one had an interesting post that immediately caught my eye.
On The Road To Retirement
It is written by a guy who is researching the purchase of a Class A motorhome so that they can live full time in their RV.
They are going to retire in February, 2011.
He mentioned that he had listed their house on Zillow. I was familiar with the old Zillow, where you could enter an address and find out the houses that sold in a nearby area. It was helpful when we put our house in Tampa up for sale.
It appears that Zillow has changed some and now you can also list your house on the site. There is a part where you can list it called, "Make me Move." From what I read, you list it there for what you would like to get (when you are ready to sell) and if someone comes with an offer that will "make you move" early, then you have a deal!
Well, this couple listed (for FREE) their house under the "Make me Move" category and 3 months later, they got a call that someone wanted to come see the house. Of course they needed a few days to "make it ready."
The bottom line is....they SOLD their house and closing is July 16th!
Their intention is to sell everything that won't fit into the motor home they DON'T have yet and hit the road when they retire early next year! WOW....that is a lot do do!
We're not quite at that point yet, but we are considering doing a "make me move" listing on Zillow. We're in a rural area in a small town, but we're hoping to market to people that survived the winter and are looking at relocating south.
It sure gives us something to think about! I need to do more research on Zillow to educate myself on their fees, etc.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spil
Al and I are sickened about the massive amounts of oil continually spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.
We have spent a LOT of time by, on, and underwater in the Gulf. We did a lot of scuba diving in the gulf and I shudder to think about what is to become of the beautiful waters that we love so much.
A lot has been discussed about the shoreline, but have you considered what the effect of all the disbursements they have sprayed onto the oil to "break it up"? That potentially poisonous gunk will just settle to the bottom and kill everything it touches. Now many people have a good idea what the bottom of the ocean looks like, but I can tell you it's kind of like a flower garden. There are beautiful colorful fish and sponges. There are schools of shimmering silver fish that shine when the sun hits them. You can be on the bottom in 80 feet of water, look up to see the sun shining down. It's not dark and gloomy. Or at least it didn't used to be.
I have tons of underwater photo's but are on film. One of these days I intend to scan them to the computer and I'll share some of them.
We're wondering what is to become of our beautiful place on Keaton Beach. There are a lot or marshes there and the oil will not only kill the existing wildlife, but it will kill the entire marsh and it may never come back. The marsh is shallow water where the fish lay their eggs. If these are destroyed, much of the fish will be destroyed and have nowhere safe to lay their eggs.
We have spent a LOT of time by, on, and underwater in the Gulf. We did a lot of scuba diving in the gulf and I shudder to think about what is to become of the beautiful waters that we love so much.
A lot has been discussed about the shoreline, but have you considered what the effect of all the disbursements they have sprayed onto the oil to "break it up"? That potentially poisonous gunk will just settle to the bottom and kill everything it touches. Now many people have a good idea what the bottom of the ocean looks like, but I can tell you it's kind of like a flower garden. There are beautiful colorful fish and sponges. There are schools of shimmering silver fish that shine when the sun hits them. You can be on the bottom in 80 feet of water, look up to see the sun shining down. It's not dark and gloomy. Or at least it didn't used to be.
I have tons of underwater photo's but are on film. One of these days I intend to scan them to the computer and I'll share some of them.
We're wondering what is to become of our beautiful place on Keaton Beach. There are a lot or marshes there and the oil will not only kill the existing wildlife, but it will kill the entire marsh and it may never come back. The marsh is shallow water where the fish lay their eggs. If these are destroyed, much of the fish will be destroyed and have nowhere safe to lay their eggs.
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