Well, Dh and I have been busy. We found an investment property which is in my hometown in Nova Scotia. My parents will rent the house for the cost of the mortgage and we will pay the taxes and insurance . The basement is a walkout and we will be making that into a one bedroom apartment to rent out to a senior. The house needs cosmetic work which isn't in need to be done immediately. The asking price for the house was $95,000 and we managed to get it for $82,500. We have had a house inspection done already which went great and the property is assessed at $124,000. We need to get an appraiser next this coming week. The owners we bought the house from are retired and are going to travel in their RV for a year.
Here is the listing with some pictures http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=5613045
Well now with all of that going on I also had a chance to meet with my father for the first time in almost 30 years! It was wonderful. The girls and dh really enjoyed meeting him too. We went for a Sunday brunch this past Sunday and spent about 3 hours together. We met him at the walmart in the city , he left his car there and we drove in our van to a nice restaurant for our brunch. I had forgotten to ask him what he was wearing so when we got there to meet him I said to dh "Where is he?" Dh said that there was a man standing by himself by the doors and that was probably him, I wasn't sure but went to go see while dh parked the van. I stood to the side of him for a second and he turned to look at me, as soon as I saw those big brown eyes of his I said "Dad?" He said "Yes!". The last time I saw him he was in his 30's and now he is 68 years old so I guess that kind of threw me on why I didn't reconize him lol. I gave him the biggest hug! When it was time for him to leave after everything I hugged him again and said "I love you so much! I am so thankful for this time together." my dad said "Yes, this has been a long time coming". He also invited us to visit with him anytime, we can stay with him .
Also, my son called and said that his contract is up June 1st with Honda in Ontario and he might be moving home, so that is exciting as well!
Well, I have to sign off for now, just had to share all of the excitment around here lol.
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