Post by colormist on Aug 27, 2013 9:42:40 GMT -5
My physical residence, at least! About three years ago I lived in Michigan. I lost my job during the new year (downsizing/layoffs/corporate buyout) and still couldn't find a job when my severance pay and unemployment benefits ran out. I was previously the bread-winner, so my husband was convinced we should move closer to our family in Ohio (but not in Ohio, because he hates Ohio). I was applying for jobs in Michigan and West Virginia. We had no idea where we were going to live. My husband got a job offer at West Virginia University, so we moved there.
I stayed in Michigan and packed everything, cleaned the house, and we put it on the market. Sadly the market had tanked as the home was worth 1/3 of what we paid for it. That wasn't going to happen. We ended up renting it out so we could make ends meet.
I got a job in WV about a year after I lost my previous job. We started looking for a house to move into. Our apartment was in the second cheapest apartment we could find that wasn't near student housing and accepted pets. The first cheapest apartment we could find had dead roaches, mold, and was about 500sqft. We weren't that desperate. Sadly, nobody would give us a loan because we still had another house and had racked up too much debt while I was unemployed. The apartment we were living in was located next to a strip club (that was probably one of the least-unpleasant things about the place) and we were lulled to sleep with the wub-wub noises of heavy bass.
My husband convinced his parents to cosign with us on a home loan.
Yesterday we closed on our house just on the other side of the Pennsylvania border. It took three years for us to bounce back from losing my job in Michigan. We still haven't paid off that debt we accrued, but we're almost making as much money as we were three years ago.
The best news is, I'll finally have a working stove, oven, and more than 10-inches of counter space for making dinner. I'll also have access to all my cookware, utensils, and dishes. I've gotten pretty good at prepping dinner with limited space, but it'll be nice to not limit dinner based on how much space I have to prep and what cookware is out of storage.
I stayed in Michigan and packed everything, cleaned the house, and we put it on the market. Sadly the market had tanked as the home was worth 1/3 of what we paid for it. That wasn't going to happen. We ended up renting it out so we could make ends meet.
I got a job in WV about a year after I lost my previous job. We started looking for a house to move into. Our apartment was in the second cheapest apartment we could find that wasn't near student housing and accepted pets. The first cheapest apartment we could find had dead roaches, mold, and was about 500sqft. We weren't that desperate. Sadly, nobody would give us a loan because we still had another house and had racked up too much debt while I was unemployed. The apartment we were living in was located next to a strip club (that was probably one of the least-unpleasant things about the place) and we were lulled to sleep with the wub-wub noises of heavy bass.
My husband convinced his parents to cosign with us on a home loan.
Yesterday we closed on our house just on the other side of the Pennsylvania border. It took three years for us to bounce back from losing my job in Michigan. We still haven't paid off that debt we accrued, but we're almost making as much money as we were three years ago.
The best news is, I'll finally have a working stove, oven, and more than 10-inches of counter space for making dinner. I'll also have access to all my cookware, utensils, and dishes. I've gotten pretty good at prepping dinner with limited space, but it'll be nice to not limit dinner based on how much space I have to prep and what cookware is out of storage.
