How do we get there from here?

The number one problem facing buyer is usually not "Can we afford this home?" It typically is, "How do we sell our home and find the one we want all in the same time frame?" The short answer is....you probably won't. It has happened and will continue to happen, but with such a small percentage of buyers, that it is in your best interest not to plan on it.
Written goals and methods of how to acheieve those goals are your best solution. If we know that we want a different home, then we must sell the current one first. What happens when we sell our home, and the one we were looking to buy, is no longer available? It is at that point, because there is no plan, that many buyers become discouraged and lose heart, thinking, "We'll never find the right and perfect place for us." You see, there is a common misconception and it even runs rampant in the real estate sales professional ranks. That is, there is no perfect place! I disagree!!!!! I believe that there are perfect places and perfect homes, just not buyers who are ready to move when the perfect opportunity for them comes along. Buyers usually have to sell their home first, which means that they have to do some minor painting and repair and then list it and then show it and then.......well you get the idea. By the time all these things are done, it has been 60 days and the home that they were going to purchase is looong gone. Then comes the discouragement and let down and then they forget their original goal was to move. It all comes down to mental preparation and the proper order in selling a home and moving into a new one. Written goals and methods are the way to go. In the next post, I will outline for you the proper order of selling a home, and if you do this, it will be the best way to find that perfect home!