During our time overseas we played with the idea of purchasing a house - somewhere to stay in the summers, a place to empty our storage unit, etc. We finally bit the bullet May 2020 and purchased a house, sight unseen, in Qatar. We questioned our sanity (Are we crazy buying a house in the middle of the pandemic?!) especially when we couldn't make it back last summer to see the house.
Thankfully we were able to rent the house unfurnished for a year and only delay our plan - clear out our Houston storage unit, furnish the house, and list it as an Air BNB during the rest of the year that we aren't using it.
We spent a good portion of our time this summer working on getting the house ready. We tried to use furniture we already owned since it's a rental and so I had a lot of furniture painting. We were so blessed to have friends and family help us watch the girls, move boxes, assemble furniture, and provide design input and shopping help.
