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darkknight0667
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:27 pm    Post subject: Four Day Vacation to Florida Yields the Ultimate Souvenir Reply with quote

Talk about an impulse buy:


It's about 20 miles north of Tampa, has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, a 2-car garage (room for our car, my motorcycle and a prop workbench) and an enclosed sunroom.

Here's the lake in the backyard that the neighbor keeps stocked with bass:


And, the room where I spend much of my time, an actual kitchen:


It's in one of those resort communities, so the main "lodge" has two pools, a jacuzzi, a gym, amassage & nail salon and a nature center (complete with ferrets, hedgehogs, birds and a 5+ foot long iguana).

We aren't planning on moving down any time soon, so we'll be renting it out for now (our first tenants will actually be the people we're buying it from - isn't that convenient).

It's scary as hell, to make a decision like this so quickly - it was less than 24 hours from first viewing to signed contract - but it's also very exciting.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats on the purchase!

When you finally move down, make sure you take an acclimation period into account for the muggy, sweaty Summers. August and September in Florida are killers!

Remember to invite us to your housewarming!

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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It official!



The closing just finished, and despite some last minute stress involving the Federal Reserve Bank temporarily misplacing the wire transfer of our down payment, we now own the house.

I'm in desperate need of a celebratory drink. Who here's bogarting the bottle?
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SO, how are you liking the house???

I'm moving back to Tampa from Atlanta in just a few days now. I miss my friends and the city very much. I miss the Florida sky most of all.

Hope all is well for you!!
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We'll actually be renting the house out for a few years. The tentative plan is to move down in the summer of 2011 (but it could be sooner). That'll give my wife time to get someone trained to manage the office here in NY so that she can work from home in FLA. We did go down over Father's day weekend to spend a couple days in our house before turning it over to tenants, ant it was great! I so can't wait to get down there full-time.

We will be going down to visit my In-Laws fairly frequently. I'll let you know when the next trip is and we'll see about hooking up for a bit. It's always good being able to get some face time with those you know from online.
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