House Hunting

The last time I was on a plane was when I went out to Amazon for my interview almost a month ago. That time it was very surreptitious.This time, thankfully, we're in the open.We signed with a realtor to sell our house in Solon, this weekend we're in Seattle to get a better idea of the lay of the land along with looking for a house to buy. We don't have any real expectation that we'll find and buy a house right now, but it's a start that's a step in the process.So, why buy a house the moment we move to a new city?That's a good question.The terms of the relocation is that the movers will pack and load our house, warehouse it for up to 45 days, then move it to wherever we tell them. That place can be an apartment, a rental house, a house... whatever.There's the rub. If we move all our crap to a rental, we guarantee that we'll need another move. Granted, it would be a local move, not a cross-country, but it's still an expensive proposition.In the end this is a gamble of sorts. A gamble that we'll like the house and neighborhood well enough that moving doesn't come into play.