We're going with the assumption that this is going to happen.
Mainly because if we do go, we've got a TON of stuff to deal with before then and if we don't get started we may run out of time.
So for the next couple of weeks, until we know for sure, we are purging our stuff. (Whether we go or not this is a good thing!)
In about two weeks, I'm going to hold the first yard sale I've ever had! Anything that doesn't sell is getting donated to one of the local charities, or several of them...(depending on how much is left.) Our friends and family are going to inherit some stuff too!
We've found out that if we do go, we only get to take 1500 lbs. of stuff with us. That's 750 lbs each. Yikes!
Apparently the living quarters we will be assigned to will be furnished already so the poundage will be stuff like, coffee pot, microwave, clothes (all of the sweaters, jackets, snow pants and ski equipment is now up for grabs!) books, music, computers, stuff like that.
We've decided that we will keep the house and hire a rental agency to rent it out for us. It's just not worth our while to sell it in such a soft market. I'm assuming this slump will end in a few years and prices will improve and we can sell it for a decent amount of money. Right now we would only get about $10-15,000 over what we paid and that just doesn't seem worth it. If we wait a few years, we can use it as a catalyst for future endeavors.
We have no idea what our next adventure will be after Kwajalein, although neither of us can quite see ourselves just coming back here to our same old lives.
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Good luck! Be optomistic but don't be surprised if paradise is not quite as nice as your preconceived notion. I have lived on Kwajalein for over 2 years. Its OK, its not bad but its not paradise either.
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