Sunsystem wanted to fly Linda and me up to Anacortes to extend an offer. As we were driving away, we realized we had made no preparations to sell our home, so we thought that we should call a realtor to put our house on the market. We spoke with xxx, the lady that sold us the house years earlier. We told her "We are going up to Washington to accept a job. Could you try and get a for sale sign up in our yard while we are gone to get the ball moving?" She agreed.
We flew to Anacortes, accepted the job, found a house (which turned out to be across the street from another member family with little girls on the island), and returned home in a matter of only a few days. When we arrived home, our house was already sold. The first couple to walk through the house, bought it. Our realtor said she was on the phone with another real estate agent, and she asked "How did that house sale go you told me about?" The real estate agent said that the deal went south. So our agent said she just had a new listing (our house), and the couple came to walk through our house and purchased it before we returned from Washington--another tender mercy in our behalf.
- Received no offer on FileNET job
- Microsoft/Quark offers not adequate
- Sunsystems offer was the best, making the decision very easy - financially, good future, family-orientation, beautiful area, small town environment.
- Last day at Corel would be September 11; start date for Sunsystems is September 14.
- Found home/registered for school in four days.
- Found that we lived across the street from a family with young girls (Stones)
- House offer by the first couple that walked in through our door; they accepted counter offer.
- Rental apartment secured (site unseen) despite the difficult rental situation in Anacortes. A Sunsystems employee vacated the premises prior to our renting it.
