Now that I had officially accepted the new job, it was time to start thinking about how we would actually make the move. Given my baseline high anxiety, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I have many worries about this process. Here are the pieces we're currently working though:
1. Packing. We know we need to "stage" our house, so we've been busy packing up boxes of stuff and storing them in our garage. We already have the garage mostly full, and our house still looks packed to the brim! Who knew that we (with our multitude of hobbies) are such pack rats?! Apparently we can make 833 square feet (on the main level, plus the basement) hold a LOT of stuff for three people.
2. Realtors. It's a HOT market right now. So does it make sense to have a realtor (and pay the realtor's fees), or should we consider a FSBO? What can a realtor offer that we can't figure out ourselves, particularly in this market? We want to maximize the money we can put toward our next house, but also don't want to screw ourselves over if we are completely unqualified to do it ourselves.
3. Listing. We have been hard at work packing, but we also have a lot of things left to do. We want to list it as soon as possible, but we also want Husband to be done with teaching so he can easily clear out of the house for showings once it's listed. (Like getting Cat and his litterbox out, which would be impossible if we are both at work.) But at the same time our street is scheduled to be torn up this summer (around the same time Husband's school year is over) in order for the sewer lines to be replaced. Will potential buyers be able to look past the construction mess once it starts??
And this doesn't even touch on the mess of buying a new house...
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