Do We Relocate, Sell, or Buy

Do We Relocate, Sell, or Buy

For the last year and a half, my husband and I have been contemplating where we should live for the years we have left (as we both are in our mid-fifties) and what we should do with our house. My husband is the only one who works, while I am disabled and receiving social security. So far, I have listed our three choices what we would have to do in order to accomplish our choice. Using divergent and convergent thinking as a tool has made it easy for me too look at my problem and decide on a solution.

1. Sell our three bedroom, two full baths, and doublewide mobile home and buy a house that I am comfortable with, check the school district, and in our price range.

1. This would require us to have a yard sale, pack up, rent a truck, sell the house, move, unpack the truck and boxes, have a mortgage ( a very short one) have the cable, electricity, phone, and mail sent to the new address.

1. Stay in our mobile home, have it remodeled, and add on a sunroom, and office. In addition to buying a new truck.

                 a.)  I have always wanted a sunroom and my own office where I could study, and just have me     time. The sunroom would be off my living room with sliding glass doors, a place where we could sit in the winter.

1. Sell our home, have a yard sale, sell our truck, purchase a better one and a trailer, and relocate to Mexico (where my husband is from).

                   a.)    This option does take a while. Relocating and living in another country is a scary thing. You have to close out accounts, sell your home, sell most of your things that you cannot take with you, buy a better car, check that you can receive your benefits in another country, and get a passport, to begin.

This is a big decision to make. We have not gone over what would be best, and what is the cost, of course, we would want the one with less cost.

If we move to Mexico, we would not be able to see our children or grandchildren (one of which we have custody, could not take him from here where his mom and dad are). I would not see my mom and brothers. My children and my grandchildren are the most important, besides my husband, to me.

My husband was born and raised in Mexico, and moved to the United States back in the seventies, and became a naturalized citizen. We have been married since 1987, and together since 1983.