What's happening Kingman AZ?

Toy Collector said:
Don't beat yourself up too bad. You gave it a shot and now you know! Not many of us have made that jump, but you did. Bummer that the outdoor activities don't quell your interests enough but its completely understandable, coming from Julian/San Diego.

In the end, you can say you tried to live in Montana, which is a dream for most of us on here. I feel your AZ adventure will be much more fruitful. Good luck!
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Outstanding post!
I’m a little farther along than some of you (almost 1/3 JD’s age), one of my biggest concerns is looking back some day saying “I wish I would’ve…”
Props to you Bansh for giving it a shot, good luck on the next chapter.
 
BaBaBouy said:
Outstanding post!
I’m a little farther along than some of you (almost 1/3 JD’s age), one of my biggest concerns is looking back some day saying “I wish I would’ve…”
Props to you Bansh for giving it a shot, good luck on the next chapter.
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Great post @BaBaBouy we are in the final stages of looking for our retirement home. I love Montana I just wasn’t sure about living there. His “adventure” helped out a lot.
 
Fwiw, my financial advisor said he is now recommending to all of his clients, "if you are not 100% sure of the area/state/county, rent for a full year, then decide if you want to buy".
 
Bobalos said:
Fwiw, my financial advisor said he is now recommending to all of his clients, "if you are not 100% sure of the area/state/county, rent for a full year, then decide if you want to buy".
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Yes for sure. In 2004 or 2005 we took advantage of the real estate market in SoCal, sold the house and relocated to Havasu. We had spent multitudes of weekends at Havasu with our boating buddies and figured it would be just dandy to live there as well. I had a job lined up ahead of time already. On top of the house we bought not being finished yet and having to stay in temporary living quarters for about 4 months, the job I had lined up turned to crap in the first few weeks I was on the job. Anyways to make a long story short, we moved into the new house with RV garage, pool etc and after a few more months realized Havasu wasn't for us. It was too much of a change from living in the big city, no shopping, tweakers everywhere, the job market sucked and we found ourselves not enjoying the lake like we used to. It was a horrible decision, we sold and moved to the Phoenix area, and sadly we've never been back to Havasu, the place that we loved to be in the summer. They say the only way to leave Havasu with a million is to show up with 2 million :cautious:.It ends up we didn't lose too much being there for a year, the market was strong enough that we just about broke even on the whole deal, even after paying the realter her share of the scam.

But in reality, there was no way for us to gauge what it would be like to live there unless we lived there, so we tried it and then moved on to something else. Currently, we have bought property in Wittmann, Az not too far from where we have lived for 20 years, and we are in the planning stages to build a forever home. Already drilled a well and have an architect refining the floorplan we want. So hopefully soon.
 
KLC said:
Yes for sure. In 2004 or 2005 we took advantage of the real estate market in SoCal, sold the house and relocated to Havasu. We had spent multitudes of weekends at Havasu with our boating buddies and figured it would be just dandy to live there as well. I had a job lined up ahead of time already. On top of the house we bought not being finished yet and having to stay in temporary living quarters for about 4 months, the job I had lined up turned to crap in the first few weeks I was on the job. Anyways to make a long story short, we moved into the new house with RV garage, pool etc and after a few more months realized Havasu wasn't for us. It was too much of a change from living in the big city, no shopping, tweakers everywhere, the job market sucked and we found ourselves not enjoying the lake like we used to. It was a horrible decision, we sold and moved to the Phoenix area, and sadly we've never been back to Havasu, the place that we loved to be in the summer. They say the only way to leave Havasu with a million is to show up with 2 million :cautious:.It ends up we didn't lose too much being there for a year, the market was strong enough that we just about broke even on the whole deal, even after paying the realter her share of the scam.

But in reality, there was no way for us to gauge what it would be like to live there unless we lived there, so we tried it and then moved on to something else. Currently, we have bought property in Wittmann, Az not too far from where we have lived for 20 years, and we are in the planning stages to build a forever home. Already drilled a well and have an architect refining the floorplan we want. So hopefully soon.
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Great post, its the honest truth from personal experience. Thanks for sharing, it will make people think.

CA Exodus's all love to post "Oh my Gawd...its soo GREAT"....yes leaving the state can be a great thing....but what about the end destination?

"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
 
ROBERT L said:
Great post @BaBaBouy we are in the final stages of looking for our retirement home. I love Montana I just wasn’t sure about living there. His “adventure” helped out a lot.
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We tend to think of places we’ve visited / vacationed at through the lens of a person visiting or on vacation instead of being a full time resident.
I was going to start escrow on a place in Driggs Idaho. It was Fall so I stalled a bit and flew up in Winter. It was a TOTALLY different world. I hung out for a couple of days talking to the locals hearing stories of being snowed in for days, having to travel into Jackson or Rexburg for a real grocery store and power outages.
KLC said:
Yes for sure. In 2004 or 2005 we took advantage of the real estate market in SoCal, sold the house and relocated to Havasu. We had spent multitudes of weekends at Havasu with our boating buddies and figured it would be just dandy to live there as well. I had a job lined up ahead of time already. On top of the house we bought not being finished yet and having to stay in temporary living quarters for about 4 months, the job I had lined up turned to crap in the first few weeks I was on the job. Anyways to make a long story short, we moved into the new house with RV garage, pool etc and after a few more months realized Havasu wasn't for us. It was too much of a change from living in the big city, no shopping, tweakers everywhere, the job market sucked and we found ourselves not enjoying the lake like we used to. It was a horrible decision, we sold and moved to the Phoenix area, and sadly we've never been back to Havasu, the place that we loved to be in the summer. They say the only way to leave Havasu with a million is to show up with 2 million :cautious:.It ends up we didn't lose too much being there for a year, the market was strong enough that we just about broke even on the whole deal, even after paying the realter her share of the scam.

But in reality, there was no way for us to gauge what it would be like to live there unless we lived there, so we tried it and then moved on to something else. Currently, we have bought property in Wittmann, Az not too far from where we have lived for 20 years, and we are in the planning stages to build a forever home. Already drilled a well and have an architect refining the floorplan we want. So hopefully soon.
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This post reminds me of the people with limited to no experience wanting to open up a restaurant, I ask them “when was the last time you went to a restaurant when you really didn’t want to be there?”
I came really close to buying in Havasu 20 years ago starting with what would have been a second home for 10 years then fully relocating. As I was opening escrow the realtor called me saying the pool pump & filter system was just stolen again.
No intended burn on Havasu but I didn’t want a home there if I wasn’t there to keep an eye on things, there’s dirty-shitty people everywhere.
 
Crusty said:
Great post, its the honest truth from personal experience. Thanks for sharing, it will make people think.

CA Exodus's all love to post "Oh my Gawd...its soo GREAT"....yes leaving the state can be a great thing....but what about the end destination?

"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
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The only downside leaving ca for az is there’s no king taco. Some good places but it’s not king taco salsa. 😱
 
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