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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

Way to go Don! Good luck with the move...

Rob
becida AT comcast.net
Western WA

At  4/9/2010 11:37 PM,Don Bowen wrote:
> I am back in Southern California after a quick trip to Missouri.  While
> there we looked at I think ten properties in all (I lost count in the
> blur).  In the end we bought a place that was not on any RE agents
> list.   The owner had talked to me about buying it several times in the
> past several years.  He wanted to sell then he did not.  I thought it
> was not available until one day as I was gasing the car he drove up and
> we talked.  He gave a price, we arranged to meet. and I bought it.
>
> It is everything we wanted except the house is smaller that we wanted
> but that can be fixed.  It is 80 acres, with a year round stream on the
> backside, mostly wooded with a piece in the center selectively logged
> six years ago.  The house is two bedrooms one bath with a beautiful full
> length porch.  The shop is 32 by 32 with 10 ft lean-tos on each side,
> one is a pull through, both are enclosed on three sides.
>
> It is located about the middle of Ozark County about 15 miles north of
> Gainesville.  Neighbors are people I have known and socialized with for
> several years now and are all good people.  Mow for the hassle of moving.
>
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