Well, we put our house on the market on Friday. We left on vacation today and there were four showings today, and the initial feedback has been positive. One guy likes the house and wants his wife to look at it next week (realtor said the wife couldn't make it today.) and there's going to be an Open House tomorrow. We're hoping to sell it while we're on vacation.
We are still waiting to hear back on the land offer. We decided to sell our house anyway so we could get could the equity out of it to use towards a down payment on whatever we do end up getting, and also because we are going to be moving back in with the in-laws while our new house is being built (presuming we get the land). The in-laws have a 3,000 sq.ft house and the upstairs has a small kitchen (we lived there when we first got married). Neither my wife or I are looking forward to it after nearly 5 years on our own, but we know that it's only temporary and that by doing it, we will be saving a lot of money vs renting a 3 bedroom apartment.
Needless to say, the next few months are going to be fairly stressful.
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