Given that we planned to move we began looking into renting this house to a good tenant!! This has been a complete pain in our arse....People are so flaky!! It has been hard to have people come in your home - look around - evaluate it - and then there is just the creepy factor!! We had a few people set up times to come see it and then they didn't show up, we had a few that I think came to see it out of sheer boredom, some who totally flaked out, a few that called and inquired if we did background checks or credit checks (uhhh BIG red flag, right?!?) and then a few that were genuinely interested. We've had one man calling/emailing 6 or 7 times a day asking to come see the house....ummm no ...you are creepy. We had quite a bit of interest so we are hopeful that this home is getting a wonderful new occupant!! We are going to miss this house so much! This meant that we had to look into housing at whatever destination WE headed to - so we headed to Phoenix (because that was our first choice of where to move) to look around and they had so many great options in Gilbert and Scottsdale unfortunately the job situation there was not good. Farmington had very few viable options for housing and so we ultimately decided that Farmington was not a good choice. Salt Lake had some nice housing options but we were not sure about the weather there year round. We just kept coming back to how nice it is here in Rio Rancho! We get nice summers, mild winters, beautiful fall weather, we are close to an airport, we are within short driving distance to snow/rivers/camping areas/large(r) cities, the cost of living is soooo affordable, New Mexico is VERY nurse practitioner friendly, and we have professional connections here.
So we decide to stay here.....we've started looking for someone to rent our house....soooo it's time to MOVE!!! We found a 5 bedroom house just a few blocks from where we are (because we love the area we live in) in the Cabezon housing subdivision. This gives us TONS of space - a master bedroom, Ellie's room, an office, a play room and a guest room! There is a huge back yard that is landscaped, comes with an island grill, has an very oversized jacuzzi that can be used as a pool or jacuzzi, the kitchen has an island/double oven/huge refrigerator, and is just in general what we've been dreaming of come each year in October! This house also gives us the option to expand our family without cramping our style in terms of housing space. We are stoked....
