January 20, 2017. Just maybe will buy here?

CAMPGROUND:  Another (free) night at Retama Village 

LOCATION:  Mission, Texas, in south central part of state

WEATHER:  A bit hot and humid.  Highs about 80  

We drove to downtown Mission to grocery shop and see the sights.  Next to us is McCallen, a much larger city with a great airport.  We walked around our "neighborhood".  Our street is in Phase I which has concrete slabs with a coach house.

We went to our sales presentation in the afternoon.  Bill, the agent, took us for a tour on a golf cart.  We looked at lots like the one where we are parked, and toured larger homes.  They have a bit of everything.  Then Bill took us in his car to areas around the development.  The national butterfly center is behind us and a state park that supposedly has the best birding in the USA.  They are very concerned with maintaining a green environment.  

 

Bill is a great salesman and put no pressure on us at all.  He lives here himself and has one additional lot that he rents out in the winter. After looking at the options we are quite tempted to buy one of the lots like where we are staying, but with a bigger coach house, 12 x 40.  It is in Phase II with slightly bigger lots and coach houses.    Our coach house, which they would build to our taste, would be big enough to be considered a "tiny house" with a bedroom, kitchen and bath.  It seems like a good deal.  It would solve our issue with MN residency, provide us a place to stay when we don't want to be on the road, and would hopefully be a bit of an income stream to rent it out when we are gone.  Note to friends and family.....we will let you know when we decide. You could come visit us.  We would be in the Airstream and you could have the coach house! Included in the price is access to many amenities.  The club house has a country-club feel.

 

Two swimming pools and a hot tub ......

 

 

In the evening, we attended a cook-out/pot-luck dinner in the pool patio area.  Really nice outdoor kitchen.  We took porkchops to grill, and I shared my orzo salad.  There were only a few other couples.  We talked with a couple from Alaska and another that had lived in St. Croix.  

We listed the pros and cons of buying.  We will "sleep on it" and talk with Bill again tomorrow.  Who knows?