My husband can work from anywhere and I'd like to find a position working for a university, so we hope to move the summer of 2018.

Storms do happen though, and damage is suffered but it's not a catastrophe everytime...its just the price of endless summer down here to us.

It might be tough to buy for cash in that area as I suggested - Canon City, Colorado City, and Pueblo West are options to look at though.Another strategy would be the VA option on a home you could eventually turn into a vacation home near the Arkansas River - lots of fishing and rafting in the summer.  

I agree with everyone that says she needs to go.And she does.You will regret every minute if you decide otherwise.Start the New Year out right and give her notice so she can celebrate, she can get a renovated unit somewhere else. and you'll have months of clean up from dog urine, replacing sub floors and ozone treatments. let alone dumpster worth of unwanted trash. 

I like to take time to celebrate and reflect on a few wins.

The best time to hire a snow removal contractor is in the summer.

Over the summer, I noticed a previous high school teacher of mine's house came up for sale....

I had one move out in the summer that had been there 23 years (needless to say everything about the place needed to be rehabbed). 

Becca Summers thanks Becca for your feedback.

If you go that route though I would wait till the summer selling season.