Dear Mom,I wanted to email you that I finally got around to getting pre-qualified and my real estate professional and I have been spending endless hours visiting properties in the Esopus and Kingston areas. But...I think my days of searching may be over. In fact,I just visited an affordable offering on the corner of Rt 9W and Ulster Avenue in Ulster Park.It is a move-in ready 3 bedroom and 2 FULL bath Cape Cod style home with an above-ground heated pool a large yard with lots of possibilities. The interior floorplan allows for ease of movement and there is a bedroom and full bath on the first floor if you and dad wanted to visit. The master bedroom is on the second floor,along with the third bedroom, AND has its own bathroom with whirlpool tub...how cool is that! The full-sized,walkout basement is dry and I could make it into a family room, workout area or use it for additional storage.It really does appear that the current owners have taken great care of home over the years. It IS close to a major thoroughfare,though,but the owners had fenced in part of the large yard when their children were young and had no issues.The gentleman owner had a successful used car business in the past and had removed the fence along Rt 9W for better viewing for his potential drive-by car buyers. Recently, he contemplated making a relatively minimal investment in solid or natural fencing for additional privacy and noise reduction. There is a circular driveway that allows for free-flowing access in-to and out-of the property, which sure does make it easy to enter the spacious 2-car garage (with woodstove) and for dropping people and groceries close to the home's entrance.Convenienty, the home is a short distance from the Amtrak and Metro-North railway stations,the NYS Thruway and all that Esopus and Kingston have to offer. I think that I am going to seriously discuss this home and all its potential with my agent for I would not want this opportunity to pass me by.I'll keep you posted on my decision.Well,that's about it for now.See you soon,ME.