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The Emotions of Selling Your Home
My home of 18 years is sold!
Putting my own theories to the test, I sold my house recently. I believe that Realtors ought to buy or sell property every few years just to stay in touch with how difficult it is. Difficult? Really? Yes—the home selling process is complex, but the really hard part is the emotion involved. Especially if you’ve enjoyed living in your old place. Good memories flood back (and at the most sensitive times, like when the buyers present you with a laundry list of what they want repaired or credited back.)
“Ingrates! They don’t deserve my home, I’ll cancel the sale!” Nice revenge, but you can’t justcancel. You have to follow the rules that the written contract provides. So they can ask for you tofix things within their inspection period, and you can say no, or you can say yes, or go back tothem with a counter proposal. But you can’t just cancel unless you’ve given them a notice to perform and the deadline has passed. That one sentence is the meat of another whole blogpost, folks, so tune in again soon.
You have to follow the contract and so do they, so you’d better be sure you understand what itsays before you sign it. How long are the contingency periods? What and when do you have todisclose? When do you have to have everything out? Did you agree to leave appliances? Howclean do you have to leave the place?
Another emotion that often occurs is what looks like greed to the outside world, but is actuallykind of like comfort food—something hurts or someone feels sad or overwhelmed and moneyhelps to dull the pain. At least if you have to part with your beloved home, you can afford to dosomething fun with the proceeds. Not always, folks. The market might not agree with your “I justwant some fun” price. But, speaking from experience, you can dream, can’t you? Maybe youcan spend a week in Bora Bora with the money you save by being debt free…
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