Buying a Home is Not Black and White

What color is a yield sign? Well, we can get back to that. Recently I made a forty mile move from Spamtown USA to the third largest city in Minnesota. I would like to share the most valuable lesson I learned when selling and buying a home, line up your closing dates to be on the same day. You wouldn’t think this one detail in the big picture would make such a difference but it can be what makes or breaks the overall happiness of your entire transition. My family of four experienced thirteen nights in a hotel. Besides the agony of having to pack for that many days the last thing you want to do after packing your entire house up is pack another bag for the hotel. Another thing to keep in mind is the time and expense of having to use or throw away everything in your refrigerator and buy new. 

So, back to the question of what color a yield sign is. So what does this have to do with moving? Change. it is red and white. In 1971 the yield sign changed from yellow and black to red and white. Many years, even decades have passed and people will still answer that question incorrectly. My family and I have embraced the change we encounter daily which has brought us challenges, opportunities and many life lessons.

Thank you Rochester for reassuring our move was the right decision. Thank you to our friendly neighbors for making us feel as though we are home. Thank you to the kind gentleman in the car ahead of me in the the drive thru for buying for my lunch. I will be paying that forward as I now know first hand that such a small gesture can change someone’s entire day and outlook. Thank you to those who answered the question as red and white as that comforts me to be sharing the Rochester roads with you and for those of you who answered yellow and black, well, I hope I don’t see you on the roads any time soon!