Ted - Selling a small business is complicated but vital to our plan. Late in 2012, I sat down with my business partner and discussed my desire to leave the business at the end of 2016. Scott and I had grown very close since we launched our company in 1996 and it was important to me that this be handled appropriately. I won’t go into any detail other than to say that plans were finalized in August of 2015 and I will exit at the end of 2016.
Ted - Timing is everything in the real estate market. We did not want to wait too long to sell our house because, to meet our plan, it had to be gone by the end of 2016. We decided to list it in the spring of 2015 and our wonderful realtors got a contract in three weeks! But now, where were we to live? God was watching over us, as always and we were able to sublease a wonderful little condo in downtown Atlanta and have just renewed the lease through January of 2017.
Judy - You can count on the fact that God works in His own time. We had tried to sell the house and downsize twice before—right before 9/11 and in 2008. Duh. Our wonderful realtors had been watching the market for us, and finally decided 2015 might be a good year. The week we left to walk the Portuguese Camino Santiago de Compostela, we found a small apartment that we fell in love with and put the house on the market. Three weeks later, we were in Dahlonega, Georgia at our son’s wedding. Three days after that we began moving boxes into the apartment, as we had a contract on the house. It was remarkably easy to get rid of my prized possessions—friends, a lovely lady at our garage sale, and our kids took most everything. The thrift store took the freezer and what was left. ON OUR WAY!
Ted - Moving from a 4 bedroom house in Snellville, GA where we had lived for 31 years to a tiny condo forced us to make tough choices. Unburdening ourselves from our stuff was important, though. We are now 80% stripped of our possessions and the last bit will be easy. The final 5% will probably reside in a small mini storage unit till our travel days end.
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