We live in a really cool neighborhood called Liberty Station. It was converted from an old shuttered Naval Base (NTC – Naval Training Center) in the early 2000’s. Over the 7 years we lived there, it grew into a little “World” that had everything: Brewery, restaurants, grocery stores, bicycle store, a park, access to the water and much more. Once you got there from the hellish Southern California traffic, you could park the car and walk or bike everywhere. Combine that with the most perfect weather in the country and we had everything we wanted. Life was good!
With retirement coming and the desire to live more carefree life with more time on our sailboat and with family and friends back on the east coast, we decided to sell our condo. For the immediate future we will still have our sailboat in San Diego Harbor, so visits will be easy.
We spent a good portion of our free time over the last year prepping for the sale. We replaced the carpets with hardwood floors, added tiling, changed the kitchen counter tops and painted or stained everything that didn’t move. We contacted the our good friend Laura, the Realtor that helped us originally purchase the condo, and started the process. We listed it for sale on a Thursday, had an open house over the weekend and had 10 offers on Monday morning. Done! I think Forrest Gump said it best, “One less thing to worry about”, or something like that.
We closed in mid February and rented back from the new owners until the March 31 which happens to be my retirement date. On to the next problem.