4/12-4/28/2022 – Las Cruces, Tuscon, Raleigh, Sedona

Goodness! So sorry for the delay in my posts. I have been on a theme here lately that has continued, I think you will understand greatly after reading what the last two weeks have brought. After a week back in Albuquerque, we were distraught to get the news that Ed’s sister had been hospitalized and … Read more

12/1-12/17/2021 Port Aransas/Corpus Christi

Happy Holidays to you! We are completing our month in Port Aransas, and like many of you have been busy with the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Planting roots for a month has made that a lot less chaotic. We made our list, checked it twice, and even were able to get everything … Read more

11/20-11/30/2021 – Port Aransas/Corpus Christi

Greetings from sunny Texas! We chose to come to Port Aransas on a whim when we realized how much we enjoyed being at the beach in Galveston. So glad that we made that dart throw, this place is amazing! If you have never heard of Port Aransas (I had not) it’s located on Mustang Island … Read more

11/1-11/11 – Livingston, Texas

Today marks our 3rd month completed on the road! To commemorate, I thought I would share what our travel map is looking like these days. The rule in order for a state to be added is we had to spend at least a night there in our RV. In all of them other than Missouri … Read more

10/11-10/17/2021 Ozarks to Hot Springs

As I mentioned in my last post, we had a lot of adulting to do last week. Which worked out since the great weather turned rainy and a good bit chillier. One of the projects we worked on was our door to our laundry closet had most of the wooden slats fall out. When you … Read more

The Little Duplex That Could

Welcome back! I have been talking about all the steps we need to take in order to leave our jobs and travel the open road in an RV. One of the big obstacles is we want to do this at a time when our youngest leaves for college! I have been wondering how the heck … Read more

So what are our specific “Next Steps”?

So far, I have taken you all over the place. You have so far learned: We would like to retire early a year from now, which would make us 45 and 55 years old respectively. We want to sell our belongings and travel in an RV for an undetermined amount of time. We have spent … Read more

Teaching our kids about investments

So not everyone who reads this blog have invested in real estate as we have, but you have made some sort of investment in your life. Whether you have purchased a bond, a stock, contributed to a 401k, purchased a home you live in, paid for college, whatever it is that you get a return … Read more

The last to leave the nest

I started a relationship with Ed when his girls were 5 and 6 years old. They were always a lot of fun, and being girls they talked about everything and anything. They were analytical in the same ways as me, had some of the same interests as met. I got them. So, I experienced all … Read more

The Addition of Rental Properties

So, as we started having more and more success with the various real estate investments we had tried, we were ready to venture back into having long-term rental properties. The issue was the housing bubble burst around 2007, which made it hard to do some of the things we learned about financing through Carlton Sheets … Read more