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Couple moves from N.Y. to Arizona in a Yellow cab

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What would you do if you couldn’t drive and you had pets but wanted to move to an area far far away? Why you’d take a cab wouldn’t you?

That’s what Betty and Bob Matas, neither of whom drive, did when they wanted to spare their cats an airplane trip as they moved from New York to a retirement home 90 miles north of Phoenix.

They left their Queen’s New York neighborhood on April 10th in a canary yellow ford SUV cab and traveled about 10 hours a day for a flat rate of $3000 plus gas, meals and lodging. Luckily the SUV was a hybrid-electric vehicle and that lessened the cost of buying gas.

“It was pretty tiring, for my wife especially,” said Bob Matas, 72, a former audio and video engineer for advertising agencies. “We’re happy where we are. We’re happy and that’s it.”

Matas said he was “flabbergasted” by the attention surrounding the couple’s trip. Passers-by recognized them when they saw the New York cab, he said.

“Every state that we hit, people would say, ‘Are you the ones?’ and we would say, ‘Yes, we are the ones,’” Matas said.

The Mayor of Sedona welcomed them as they arrived with a noontime ceremony a couple of weeks ago. They were presented with a bag of Sedona souvenirs. Their real estate agent met them at the ceremony and gave them the keys to their new Village of Oak Creek home.

The couple stayed in a hotel for a few days while their belongings were moved into their new house. Their belongings were transported by a friend in a rental truck who drove behind the cab on the long journey.






The condos of downtown Dallas

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It sounds like Dallas is moving up in the world just like our great city of Toronto.

By moving up I mean instead of spreading out they are building up as there has been a huge boom in the Dallas Condos marketplace.

I don’t know the city of Dallas well. I only know what I’ve learned about it through books, television programs and the internet but it sounds like a great place to live.

There’s a lot to do there and since I love the big city I’m sure I’d be happy if I lived there. I’d probably purchase one of the Downtown Dallas Condos if I was thinking of moving to the city, or if I ever had enough money to have a second home or out of Country vacation home. Actually that’s what I like about Condos. Since they are maintained by the buildings property managers you don’t have to be there day in and day out to maintain them. You could easily purchase a condo in a good area and rent it out to business people or vacationers most of the year and use it yourself when you go on vacations. That’s one thing that I’d like to do if I ever got a condo.

Have you ever thought of the potential and versatility of owning a Condo?

Friends moving to US

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I’ve had some friends move to the US lately. One left for a better job, and another for a special course that he can’t take here in Canada. I try not to look at is a losing a friend but rather gaining a new place to visit.

One of my friends moved to Boise Idaho and he tells me that he’s really enjoying Boise. The people are friendly and there are lots of different things to do in and around the city. He’s sort of a renaissance man – enjoys theater, acting, fine dining, good movies, night life and he says he’s found all of those things in Boise.

I decided to try to find out a little bit more about the city that he’s moved to, and apparently it’s quite a popular place to move to these days. People are moving their for the atmosphere and style of living. I went to the Idaho real estate to have a look around at the homes and as I said to learn more about the city.

I was actually quite impressed by what I found. Boise has a number of cultural and historical activities, great schools, museums, an active art community – great for my friend – and has a number of fantastic sounding sports teams – some at University level.

I really didn’t think, when my friend was moving to Boise that it had that much going on, but it actually sounds like a very nice place to have moved to. Oh the real estate prices seem to be fairly reasonable as well. At least compared to Toronto prices the size of homes and the prices seem reasonable.

I’m happy for my friend now that I’ve had a look at his new city. I think he made a great choice.

Extra Income Property in Arizona

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Have you ever dreamed of having your own vacation property? Maybe one that could make you some extra money when you weren’t enjoying it?

If you have, you might be interested in looking at one of the recent opportunities in Arizona being offered through Cave Creek Real Estate.

You can visit the site for more information on the resort and Casitas if you are interested in either moving to Arizona or purchasing a property that you can use as an extra source of income.

The Cave Creek resort and Casitas are located in the Sonora Desert on over 20 acres of land. The properties boast of spectacular mountain views and golf clubs just a short distance away.

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