So, we put it on the market on January 1, 2006. That very day we had five people come in and look at the house and had FOUR offers. We sold to the highest bidder. Then we rented. Thankfully, we decided to heck with it, we had had it with living there (my wife had been there nearly all her life) and we left. Came back to Alabama in 2006. It turned out to be the very best things we could have ever done. God blessed us and we are now back here in Alabama and very happy. We bought a new home here in 2007, found a wonderful church to join into, and are enjoying retired life. I have lots of family around so we have that here also. Thankfully, we got out of WA state just in time. Otherwise, in this economic climate, we would be stuck there for the rest of our lives. Basically, we just got in before the door slammed shut!!!!!
Glad it worked out for you. IMHO Alabama is a fine state to live. We were in Montgomery area for years, then central Alabama and now settled near Huntsville. We love it here. Just going thru one of those rough patches..thankfully we didn’t have much debt thanks to Dave Ramsey...hopefully your friends son can hang in there. We will add him to our prayer list.