The closing today is not just another home sale... it's MY home sale!
Ever since September, when my husband and I decided to purchase a home in a new Lennar community, the experience has been somewhat surreal. We've lived in five different homes in the same community for nearly 45 years, and now we're leaving it behind for a completely new experience in a new area.
A smaller yard, bigger house, and lower taxes are calling, and we're looking forward to starting over with landscaping and decorating projects. (Expect lots of blogs on those topics in the coming months.)
The appraisal was our last hurdle to this adventure becoming real, and the number came in right on target. Now we're surrounded by boxes and scrambling to fill more of them before the moving trucks come on Monday.
But the real estate business doesn't stop - or even pause - because agents have a personal life. Another home I just listed in the neighborhood got an offer yesterday, and I spent the day dealing with that. My brother wants me to look at our mother's condo since he finished preparing it for sale, and get it on the market now... not next week. GRRRR! And a relocating military family contacted me via email overnight about seeing a house today. (Not to mention the listings and sales already on my plate.)
Everything will get done. I know that because it always does. I just have to remember to take care of my husband and myself with the same diligence I would any other client. Let's hope that closing goes as smoothly as I expect it to!
So much to do... so little time...
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