I've been busy doing what real estate agents do best! BUYING A HOUSE!
Many of you have read in my blogs about my commute to the office from Eureka Springs. Yes, the 40 mile one way stretch through the beautiful Arkansas countryside. Add about 10 miles per day to the average for running around Bentonville/Rogers to show property or otherwise tend to business. Yes lets call it 90 miles per day, 5 days a week. My clever little Nissan Murano gets about 21 mpg. I know, not great but it is so fast when I need it to be. So lets do the math shall we? 90x5=450 miles divided by 21 mpg=21.4 gallons of gas a week @ $2.60 per gallon= $55.71 a week or $222.85 per month. AVERAGE! All that and I have not mentioned the time, 10 hours a week.
So you guessed it! We found a house near the Bentonville Square. Pictured below is the house that M. and I have under contract set to close on December 16,2010. This will be our Pied a Terre.
You are not doubt thinking WOW what plain house. YES INDEED. This little darlin' is 1100 ft. 2BR, 1BA as you can see it comes complete with a one car carport big level lot with a fenced backyard. New carpet, fresh paint included.
Offer accepted, financing approved and less driving in the future.
Stayed tuned for a series of blogs about this house. With topics like financing, 'green' remodeling, wealth building through homeownership, and the greater Rogers/Bentonville, Arkansas area.
In the meantime check out these links for a few area highlights:
www.crystalbridgesmuseum.org/public
www.10best.com/destinations/ark
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