Up early again - super nervous

[dojo]

Well, yesterday we saw the real estate agent and agreed to list our house. We busted our asses all weekend to finish getting the house perfect for sale. The stager came over last night and luckily only had minor corrections for us that didn't involve any heavy lifting. The photographer is coming over today.

I have such a nervous pit in my stomach. Everything feels like it's up in the air. How quickly will we sell? What will we sell for? Are we going to be able to find a house in our new town quickly? Is DH going to be miserable living further away from his friends? Is he going to be able to find a new job quickly? If we move in with my parents for a while should we find daycare near them first or should we find it in our new town and commute to the new town for dc and then back to my parents everyday until we find a new house? Will we find a house in time to avoid penalties on our mortgage? How am i ever going to pack up this house with Hank here? My head is swimming!

[mikehoncho]

We recently listed our house too, this is EXACTLY where my mind was. It's settled down now though, I'm trying to "go with the flow" instead of trying to plan every single un-plannable moment. It helps when I remind myself that whatever shitty-ish situation (will we have to live with my mom if we sell before we find something? what if we don't find anything? what if we find a fixer-uper that is a money pit but we don't know it!!??) we are in in the mean time is temporary and a year from now we will not even care or remember this.

Anyway, I feel you. It kinda sucks but is also exciting right!?

[laouli]

I completely understand!!! In June we decided we were going to start looking for a new home and sell our current one.. we sold in TWO DAYS!! YES TWO DAYS!! I was completely shocked... we were very lucky and sold to an investor who allowed us to rent it month to month.. THANK GOD because the buying process was even worse... we put offers on 10 homes before we finally got ours.. and then we were under contract for 4 months.. Just be patient.. know that everything will work out.. It was definitely one of the most stressful things we have ever gone through.. but you will come out stronger in the end!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

[rxbeth]

I'm anxious just reading your post!

I'm sorry if I missed something but did your DH recently lose/quit his job? What does he do?

[Regina Philange]

Its hard, with so much uncertainty.

But you know what its also exciting. I see that now after i just did exactly what you did. I didnt see it at the time though.

We bought a house and sold our townhouse within a 24 hour period. The day before i had Lou actually. The real estate agent was calling my H when i was being induced. That was a crazzzzy first few months.

THeres a really good quote for your situation. I will be back to post it after i find it.

[Deleted]

Sorry for the anxiety. Our house is on the market as well (seems like there are a few of us trying to sell). I keep telling myself that it will work out how it is supposed to. Good luck!

[dojo]

Rxbeth - no change in our job/finances. It's more that when I go back to my job, I'll be commuting during Hank's wakeful hours so I won't see him during the work week.

Regina - that is CRAZY!!! I don't know how you managed it and still found time to bump with us!