Govt Stimulation burning a hole in my pocket.

[CrealCritter]

Owner counter offered, but the gap between our offer and theirs is to wide.

I'm kind of sad about it, my wife isn't as sad as I am.

But it just wasn't meant to be. If it was as meant to be, things would just fall into place, which there not.

This ain't my first rodeo. Next...

 

[baymule]

You will find that right place. We looked for awhile before we bought this place. It was a HUD repo, up for bid for 9 days. We won the bid and hadn’t even seen the place.

 

[CrealCritter]

You will find that right place. We looked for awhile before we bought this place. It was a HUD repo, up for bid for 9 days. We won the bid and hadn’t even seen the place.

I have Faith we will, just a matter of time. Still kind of saddening though.

 

[Britesea]

It's really difficult to not get sucked into imagining yourself the owner of a property, and then when it doesn't work out you feel a big let down.

 

[CrealCritter]

It's really difficult to not get sucked into imagining yourself the owner of a property, and then when it doesn't work out you feel a big let down.

Yep

 

[CrealCritter]

Well after a long conversation with my wife, about life and growing old and stuff... I finally understand why she wants to live closer to the family. She's thinking just like I am, last move and that's it. But then she just up and asked me, so if something were to happen to me, would you be ok taking care of everything by yourself?

I said so you mean if you kick the bucket first? She said yes. I said well that's a easy answer. The answer is No, I would have to find me another woman. She said are you sure about that? Yeah, I'm pretty sure... They are fun to be with, most of the time .

Then I said well what about you? She said well I would just up and sell the place and move in with one of the kids. I so what no guy? She said nah... So that settles that, I guess.

We just got back from looking at this place, that I wanted to look at a few weeks ago. Wife loves it, we put in a offer tommorow.

1500sqft/16 wooded acres, within the Shawnee National Forest.

949 State Highway 34, Herod, IL 62947 | Zillow

949 State Highway 34, Herod IL, is a Single Family home that contains 1500 sq ft and was built in 1996.It contains 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.This home last sold for $110,000 in June 2020. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $162,300, which has decreased by $6,660 in the last 30 days.The...

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[Daisy]

Wowee land and housing is cheap over there! Looks like a beautiful place, goodluck

 

[CrealCritter]

Well we just signed the contract and are moving the end of next month.

 

[Mini Horses]

Wow.....it's that ready for you??

Animals? Garden? Work commute?

OK... you will have lots of new adventures for us!

You can use your mill again!!

 

[CrealCritter]

Wow.....it's that ready for you??

Animals? Garden? Work commute?

OK... you will have lots of new adventures for us!

You can use your mill again!!

Yeah, the younger lady who owns the place come to her senses and we settled in on a price.

it'll be fun having 20 acres to play around with. This will be our last move. I'm kind of hoping you all will give me pointers on putting some hoofs on the ground. I really want a couple head of beef cattle and some sheep. But that's a little later down the road. First want to see if the pond is deep enough to support stocking with trout. I guess a story stick and a canoe would give me a rough estimate. I plan I piping rain water off the west & east sides of the barn to keep the pond full. Also same plan for filling the cistern for the orchard.