Step 2: Buy a house and business

Picture this: everything is going well - we are in escrow on the business, in escrow on a house nearby, all is going well.  Then, BOOM! The seller of the business decides that he doesn't want to sell after all, and we are back to the beginning.  Except now, we have moved to Kentucky and were living in a hotel waiting for the house to close.  You know, the house that we no longer want (even though it is perfect) because we need to find jobs or a new business, and it's not ideally located for that.

So, time for plans to change again.  We made our way around the surrounding cities in Kentucky and Southern Ohio, trying to find a place to live that would be nearby plenty of other opportunities.  After much searching, we ended up in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.  Instead of a ranch house in the country, we bought a 100-year-old farmhouse in the city on 2 acres!  Life has a funny way of mocking your plans.

So now we have a historic house that needs pretty much everything, and hasn't been updated in any way in 50 years.  Oh, and did I mention that there is a toilet in the kitchen?  Time to roll up our sleeves and get to work!