A friend who just finished reading Reflections asked me, "Why Arkansas?"
Well...
When I realized relocating inside California was out of the question because of the unaffordable listings, I started searching for something out of state. I chose realtor dot com and adjusted my filters to the maximum amount I could afford for any single residence with a minimum of one bathroom. I looked all over the place starting with surrounding states and gradually moved farther.
I spent every nonworking hour of February 2018 looking at little red dots on the map and reading property information. First, I found a place in Indiana, but I would need to wait weeks until the inspector could go there because the roads were covered with ice. I decided to move on and keep looking... I found a place in Missouri, contacted the agent, paid someone to inspect the place, and was told I would have to spend several thousand dollars on it before I could move in. That wouldn't work with my budget. February ended and eventually I found another place in Kentucky but encountered a similar problem. Finally, I found this newly-listed tiny cabin in Arkansas and immediately decided I wanted it because:
- the listing said it was built in 2017, so I knew time hadn't caused any damage...yet
- the pictures depicted a clean cabin in the middle of the woods with a lake in the background
- I found it on the first day of spring, or Nowruz, and took that as a sign...
So now you know why Arkansas... despite all its insects, spiders, and snakes.
