Well just five short days after deciding to list their house for sale, Kelli's parents have sold their house in Glendive and will be moving over to the western half of the state! They've been talking about it for a while now, trying to find the right time to make the move, and Dan definitely picked the right time! They sold the house to the first people who looked at it, a young local family looking for an upgrade, and they didn't even have a for sale sign in the ground! This couple looked at the house through word of mouth. This is just more evidence of just how greatly the recent oil boom has effected our small hometown!
As I read the paper this morning, surveying the 125 open houses in the Missoula area, no thats not a typo, I can't help but notice the severe differences across our state. In Glendive if you even think about selling your house it seems as though someone will be knocking on your door making an offer, here in Missoula some of these open houses have been on the market for over a year! I know some of these homes have to be for sale here because of the families being forced to move over there for work, which seems crazy unless you live in our economically sluggish community. It's funny how in one part of the state employers can't find workers fast enough and on the other side employees can't find work! All of Montana has always been a cyclical economic state so I guess if you've lived here all your life you're used to it.
You have to roll with the cycles and strike while the irons hot. Much like Dad starting up his own drill collar testing service in the 80's during the original boom, Dan and Donna sold their house when house prices in Glendive are higher than they have ever been due to the current boom. Taking action at the right time is proving to be lucrative for the Dobsons just like it was for my Dad. I think Dan and Donnas timing is perfect because as the 80's proved to Dad, you never know when the booms going to stop and when it does it comes to a screeching halt!
So now with a signed contract requiring them to be moved out by the 22nd of May, the Dobsons are in crunch mode to find a house. They are coming up for a visit next weekend and already have a list of houses to look at. I bet the Honzels, the realtors they have been using here, are looking forward to this visit! Being a Gannon I think I feel the crunch more than anyone because we just aren't used to things falling into place so easily. Kelli keeps telling me not to worry, her parents will find the perfect house this trip and probably even get it at a deal that is unheard of. This is an unfamiliar concept for me but I look forward to them moving up here in hopes that I can attempt to sponge off of their good luck!
All kidding aside we are both very excited they are moving closer to us as the 8 hour trip to visit was a bit much. It will be nice to have them close enough to see them more than the few times a year we do now. I'm already looking forward to starting our own version of their Thursday night dinner outing, fishing with easily the best fisherman I know, and having our personal seamstress in the same town:) Now if I could just land a job in Missoula those fishing trips could happen more frequently!
Remember, timing is not everything but it sure does help:)
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