Thursday, March 26, 2009

How to sell a house while the housing market is terrible...

You don't even try. Or maybe you do. 

Honey-do and I have been contemplating what we need to do to make ourselves ready to move back to Oklahoma. We aren't in a real, big hurry to get back.... but then again we are. We are ready to start a family. However, we aren't really wanting to start one while we are up here. We are too close to our families to have a baby while living 300+ miles away from them. It's not fair to them or to us. We want our parents close enough to drop by to see the baby or to pick them up for the afternoon, just to spoil them. That's how we grew up and it's how we want our children to grow up, too.

So, with that being said.... we have to start thinking about how to make ourselves mentally, and financially, ready to move back to Oklahoma. The biggest thing weighing us down is owning our house here. 

The housing market it terrible and there are four other houses for sale in our neighborhood alone, not to mention the numerous For Sale signs we see as we drive up and down the main streets in this town. 

So our newest question is where do we start? Any advice????

1 comment:

Cindy said...

One thing you can do is have your house "show ready" now. Donate or throw away things you aren't using or no longer want. Make sure your closets, cabinets and garage are organized and neat. Any painting or repair work that needs to be done, do it now before you put the house on the market. Doing all this now, before you decide to sell means you won't have to hurry to accomplish it after the papers are signed. :-)