So the decision was made, we're gonna move to Colombia and buy a coffee farm. Why buy a coffee farm? Income will be needed since we can't live off savings forever, especially since we don't have that much to begin with...so we'll need as much money as possible saved up before we go. First step, make as much money possible before we move which meant I needed to earn more than I was at the time (self employed, floor cleaning company). I knew a guy in the car business who needed a good salesman at his place (Acura) so I asked him if it was ok to work only the night shift because I needed to do my business during the day, he (they) accepted. He accepted because we worked together in the past and knew I could get the job done, I also promised him I'd work my tail off since I needed money. For the next 4 years I worked 2 jobs, my business was doing ok during the day and selling cars at night really paid off, I had some incredible months. Not too much free time during those 4 years but I had a goal to reach and this was only temporary....light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. I also needed to sell my company/equipment before this adventure could begin so the hunt was on to find a person best suited and able to buy my business, and we got extremely lucky. A new guy selling cars with me mentioned he wasn't enjoying the job and wanted something to do on his own (new to AZ as well) so I mentioned my situation, he was interested. Long story short, he ended up buying my company so it worked out great for both of us, another step completed! Next, to sell our house and everything in it, no easy chore. Months of renovation to get the house perfect (another long story short) paid off as we sold the house in about 2 weeks. Even better, the guy buying couldn't move in for 6 months so we rented it back from him so we wouldn't have to move, we just had so sell all our belongings in that 6 months. That was fun, Craigslist was used like crazy selling everything from bedroom furniture, to tv's, pictures, everything worth money in that house was put on CL and we sold dang near it all
. Couple of yard sales too did the trick along with some donations to local charities and we were down to practically nothing....and more money for the move. The hardest thing to sell was my old '96 4Runner, I loved that thing, best car I ever owned, never a problem, a workhorse, perfect. I wish we could have brought with us but used cars can't be taken into Colombia from the US, so a friend's sister ended up buying it, and loving it as well. I go over all this rather quickly but selling everything you own is no easy feat and took a lot of work, but when you have a goal to reach you just get it done. One thing that I haven't brought up is....why would we be selling everything without knowing where we're gonna live? Good question....next is the story of my wife finding the farm of our dreams.
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