Building our time line

Today, we've been talking and building our time line, vis a vis the ebb and flow of finances associated with our seasonal business.

Given the fact that I'll finish writing Tapestry in mid-February, it seems prudent to us to offer on the land in late February or early March, and to concurrently put our rented townhouse on the market to find someone to take over our lease, so that we can move up to Frederick. The idea would be to offer a contingent contract on the 9 acre Phoenix lot. Contingencies would involve gaining financing and county approvals with a window of up to six months to close, putting us--if we overcome all obstacles--at the end of August beginning a build, or--if we run into insurmountable odds--looking for an existing alternate property, or simply staying put in the rental.

The Phoenix Project will take a us year to eighteen months all told to work through the process and build the house, sink or swim, and we'd rather be among our new church members than remote down here, so we're thinking that we'll be looking for a no-lease situation (ideally in Braddock Heights, but possibly elsewhere up there) that can accommodate us and our girls coming and going until Phoenix is built.

If, by August, we find that Phoenix is not feasible (no county approval, not enough money, problems building, or whatever) then with a no-lease rental we can look for an existing "plan B" property.

We'd love feedback on these ideas! Post a comment or email us privately: it's why we're thinking out loud here!