My home was in Mandan, North Dakota for the past seven years until Congress enacted the Base Realignment and Closure Act and I was told my Battalion was being inactivated and I had to find a new home. I was offered an S3 position with the 389th Engineer Battalion located in Dubuque, Iowa so back in December I went down to visit with the Battalion. I accepted the position and had an assignment date of January 12th. I have been living down in Dubuque now for close to 60 days but my wife and kids are still up in North Dakota until the boys finish school. The picture above is our home we just put on the market. Thankfully, North Dakota hasn't felt the real estate crunch because the house was only on the market for 10 days and we had 15 viewings and one solid offer. We close at the end of the month so now the pressure is on to find a home down in the Dubuque area.
Like I said before, I have been living here in Dubuque but not in this house (pictured above). I am living out of a hotel while I find a home for us to live in. The picture above is house #1. It was built in 2003 and would be perfect for my family. I have already been through the house and things look promising. The home is in a little community called Maquoketa; population around 6000 people but they have a very good school system. My commute will be close to 30 minutes to my office which is all highway; something I prefer. I am scheduled to revisit this property Saturday morning so after that I will post more pictures. I also have four other homes I will be looking at over the weekend so I will provide an update on each of those as well.
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