Major Step

It was another day of non-stop physical activity as we completed the packing and emptying of our household goods. Our meeting with the property manager and his Leasing Director at 3 PM was very successful.

Josie and I worked feverishly to get a final load taken to the storage unit, taking a load to Goodwill and loading the truck with the last of our "stuff" that goes to the RV. Josie also cleaned the house from top to bottom and I did some final paint touch up work, used the blower to clean the garage and patio and we finished up just as the people showed up for our appointment. We took them on a tour of the house and they took photos and videos of the entire home for their marketing materials. It was a very successful meeting and our home is, officially, on-the-market for rental.

There are many things yet to be coordinated - such as gas turn off, security system turn off, pool service turnover, stopping newspaper delivery, forwarding our mail to our RV address, etc. The market is very hot for rentals and the property manager believes we will have a "qualified" tenant in a short time frame. We are hoping for a April 1 move-in of a tenant. We agreed on a rental fee which places us at the upper end of rentals in the area and it should attract some quality candidates.

We are now faced with a mountain of boxes in the RV and with the Spring Training games going full force we will be hard pressed to get control of that situation anytime soon.

We are off and running..