We don't have somewhere to live yet (except Dale's sister's place temporarily), and we think the right thing to do is to rent something basic month-to-month while we househunt. The former plan had been to send one of us to Seattle this month, to buy a house in time for us to arrive. But now that the time has come, there's actually not all that much exciting on the market over there. There are some good-looking places that we're having our friends check out, but nothing that we feel like we need to race across the country and snatch up. And, realistically, even if we got offers on the Maryland houses tomorrow, which we will not, they wouldn't close until October. So why bother going, if there's nothing we feel super-motivated to buy and we're not in a killer hurry?
Thus, unless something changes very soon, we'll arrive in Seattle not having bought a house. Thus, we rent. We'll probably be in a big bland apartment complex because that's who offers month-to-month leases. There are enough of those close to our target neighborhood that we're sure we'll find something (we're already pursuing a couple). The kids can start school, we can start work, we can all get oriented, and we can househunt very very easily, compared to this cross-country thing where Bekah and Bob crawl through the dog door in their free time. The big downside is having to move twice. But a local move is a lot easier. And when you're looking for the house you want to live in forever, a couple months of transition is not such a big thing.
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