https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:19:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2517126 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:25:02 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2517126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very exciting! Congrats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2517122 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:23:05 +0000 LBee 2517122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: We are currently in the midst of all this.... reading your story and hoping for the same outcome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2479579 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:22:52 +0000 Mamaof2 2479579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: yay!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2479576 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:22:32 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2479576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Yay, congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2479562 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:12:32 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2479562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: that's great news. Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2479509 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:49:20 +0000 Littlebit 2479509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to update - the day I wrote this I was in a full on panic. I must have refreshed realtor.com 50 times that day. </p> <p>Around 2pm I saw a house pop up that was perfect. We went and saw it at 4:30, and again the next morning with my husbands best friend who is a contractor. It was instant love for me but my husband wasn't sure. We went back and forth for a day or two but ultimately made an offer.</p> <p>We're officially under contract! :grin: </p> <p>Thank you to everyone who posted positive stories and encouragement :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2471211 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:26:56 +0000 Meowkers 2471211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on the great sale. I didn't read through all the comments so I'm sorry if this has already be mentioned, but is it too late to do a rent back situation where the new owners rent the house back to you while you look for a new house? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2471171 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:05:54 +0000 Alivoo01 2471171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was us exactly a year ago!! </p> <p>We loved our lil starter home, but once DS arrived, we knew it was time to upgrade. Our home was listed and sold within 24 hours at above asking price and the buyer wanted to close in 2 weeks! Say what?!</p> <p>Like you, we were scrambling to find us another home, preferably without moving a to temp home causing us to move twice, with a 7 month old! Fortunately, we did find something and I was busting my ass working with my tax accountant to get our taxes done in order to submit it for our loan documents. I was stressed beyond belief, but the loan from our buyer was delayed a week and we were able to close on our old home and new home within 18 days after selling it, and on back to back days.</p> <p>We're in love with our new home and don't have any regrets selling our old home. Although the location was to die for! If only we could afford our current home in our old home location... </p> <p>Best of luck to y'all and hope you find something soon! Glad your home sold so quickly and above asking too. That's fantastic news!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2470263 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:13:58 +0000 MaryM 2470263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sold our house within about 2 weeks of it being listed last year and had 30 days to find our new house. </p> <p>The buyer was really eager, so there was no negotiating a longer date to closing or renting back (she was getting out of a lease)</p> <p>We ended up nearly driving our realtor mad seeing 7-10 houses a weekend before we finally did find the house we moved into. We ended up being lucky that it had just been listed, it was vacant, and the sellers were eager. We did end up being homeless for 24 hours between when our house sold and when we closed on the new one, so that was a bit annoying. We ended up having two storage units (one from staging and one from actually emptying the house) and DH moved all our stuff into the units himself to avoid paying movers multiple times (their storage rates were insane). </p> <p>It was a bit hectic for that month, but it all worked out in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2470182 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:09:19 +0000 KatieBklyn 2470182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! I'm not in the same situation, but I'm in contract on our first house right now and the day the sellers accepted our offer, they mentioned to their agent that they were concerned about picking a closing date because they hadn't started looking at houses yet - but within three days, they had an accepted offer in! </p> <p>Are you working with a buyer's agent? I'm not sure how it works in your area, but here, the buyer's agent gets paid by the seller so it wouldn't cost you anything, and our agent sometimes had a lead on something that was FSBO/wasn't on the MLS or just came on the market that day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2470169 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:56:27 +0000 skipra 2470169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: It sounds like we were in a similar situation two years ago. We listed our condo and got a full price offer at the first open house. It was crazy, but we managed!<br /> I will suggest opening up the area where you are searching if at all possible. We considered several areas and didn't love any of the options so we reevaluated and found the town we ended up in. We absolutely love it here!<br /> I will say that unfortunately we had about a month overlap between the two closings and DS and I stayed with my mom while DH got a cheap rental near his office but it's because we had to back out of a house after a really bad inspection. I don't think that is normal, so it absolutely can be done! Good luck!!! </p> <p>Oh and when I was younger, my parents sold our house and I think there was a little bit of time before closing on the new one because of some zoning hang ups and the people that bought our house let us rent it for a month. You can always ask about that too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2470124 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:27:48 +0000 misolee 2470124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sold our townhome in less than a month and I was anxious too in trying to find a new home, in a new district, and in the budget we were looking for. We toured several and wasn't feeling any. Also, the area we wanted to move was starting a construction boom and we could see that if we waited a couple of months, we could have more options and better choices. I also have to mention, the day we closed on our house, my husband also started a new job and he was going crazy with all the sudden change.<br /> So we took a breather and moved in with my parents. I packed everything we didn't need for the next couple of months, put everything in storage in my parents basement, and moved in with our then 14 month old. My parents only live there partially so it was essentially an empty house. </p> <p>Best decision ever bc my husband got settled into his new job, couple of months later a new build started in an area that we loved. Lots were flying off before they were even put on sale be we were able to get one and essentially "built" a house. It did take about a year to finish up but worth the wait. Plus LO loves loves her grandma and grandpa and I think it's bc we lived with them for a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2470037 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:14:25 +0000 HLK208 2470037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!!! </p> <p>I wouldn't stress too much yet. Can you have an extension in case you don't find something? </p> <p>We had our eye on a house but our house but it was already pending by the time we got an offer on our house. It fell through though so we moved quickly and got it!! I would keep an eye on pending houses too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469966 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:24:45 +0000 Bubbles 2469966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine isn't exactly a success story but might be helpful... we sold our flat and had an offer accepted on a new house toward the end of last year. Well the new house ended up falling through, leaving us about 2 months to find another one and complete. We found another one and all was looking good, but then the sellers had to withdraw as they couldn't get a mortgage on their new place. We didn't want to drop out of our sale, so we have just moved into a rented house for hopefully 6 months or so until we can find something to buy. Our flat sale completes on Friday, and our LO2 is due on Sunday! </p> <p>All that to say it has been incredibly stressful and everything that could go wrong has gone wrong... but it doesn't feel like the end of the world, we are settled now in a new place that has the space for our family, and we will be in a very strong position when we find the right place to buy as we will have no chain. Yes we will have to stump up the removal costs again in a very short space of time, but at least we have a place to call home for now :happy: </p> <p>Good luck! I hope everything goes much more smoothly for you :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469936 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:01:06 +0000 cascademom 2469936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats! Our old condo received an acceptable offer quickly when we put it on the market last summer/fall. We ended up waiting on his financing before locking ourselves into our new house with an offer. Our buyer's mortgage nearly fell through a week before closing. Fortunately, he got it solidified and we moved. Keep looking for a house. We found our new house quickly with a great realtor. Nothing's set in stone until closing, so anything can happen. Just keep that in mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469923 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:51:43 +0000 Modern Daisy 2469923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sold and bought quickly, but since it was in different states the processes were very different and we ended up in the opposite situation you are worried about. We entered contract to sell our home and a few weeks later entered contract to buy one. The new home was in a state that actually protects sellers interests so the process went really fast and our sale dragged on for months afterwards since there were no laws to make our buyers close by a specific time. At least we always had a place to live but it was still very stressful $-wise carrying 2 mortgages for so long. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469855 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:59:01 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2469855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No additional advice beyond what PP said, just wanted to say congrats! Our house has been listed for a month with no offers yet. :sad: So this is at least a "good" problem to have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469852 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:56:35 +0000 Mrs D 2469852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: We were shocked how cheap it was for the moving company to store our stuff...$200 a month for a 2,000 sq ft house worth of stuff! Definitely a good deal... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469839 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:46:44 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2469839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The renting idea was our back up. We would have put all or most of our stuff in storage. I didn't love the idea, but then you do have less pressure put on you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469838 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:45:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2469838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can also look to pay to lock in those rates longer if you want or rent the house back from them for longer if they are ok with that. </p> <p>But congratulations on selling so fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469836 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:42:45 +0000 Mrs D 2469836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Rate locks in the states can usually be 75-90 days pretty easily... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469834 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:42:06 +0000 Mrs D 2469834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: We had our realtor ask pretty soon after we bottom lined the offer. We then negotiated length. Our "rent" to them was agreed to be the proportionate amount of their mortgage for 2 weeks. Just a thought...get it in writing...we had initially talked about renting it back for 6 weeks - they verbally agreed - then changed their minds to 2 weeks.</p> <p>We ended up having an extensive reno at our new house so we lived with my dad for 2 months. I too was worried about my DH surviving...it was ok because we essentially had a whole floor to our selves. But we (as a family of 3) were basically sick for 1 month straight so my dad was happy to quarantine himself and leave us alone. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469833 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:39:34 +0000 Littlebit 2469833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Possibly? We already have a 62 day closing. Not sure if their bank will lock in their mortgage rate much longer? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469829 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:38:15 +0000 erinbaderin 2469829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you ask the buyers if you could push back the closing date by 30 days? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469828 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:37:35 +0000 Littlebit 2469828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you, everyone! You all are making me feel better. I'm so scared we won't be able to find something we love like we love our current home in our price range..but I need to stay positive. The market is picking up so this really is best case scenario. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469826 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:36:32 +0000 Littlebit 2469826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: we've thought about that. That may be an option. Not really sure how to ask about it though. Ask now? Or ask later if we haven't found anything?</p> <p>I should have mentioned, my MIL has an upstairs that isn't used at all. Push come to shove we could stay with her temporarily. My husband may need to be institutionalized after this is all over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469824 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:35:27 +0000 regberadaisy 2469824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!!! You can always store some things and rent an apartment until you find a home you love? It's not ideal but I would prefer that over settling for a house you don't "love"? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469820 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:30:48 +0000 Mrs D 2469820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit: Congrats!!!</p> <p>We listed our home in mid January and sold 12 hours after listing for over asking. We only ever had the brokers open...which was so nice to not have to deal with showings.</p> <p>We had been looking at houses (and wrote two offers I think) prior but then really started to get active. We ended up selling closing on Feb 27 and buying closing on Feb 28. So we got lucky.</p> <p>That said...we rented our home back from the new owners for 2 weeks to help us get packed/moved/etc since I had a 5 mos old. You could inquire with the new buyers about that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469819 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:30:36 +0000 NCSUchick27 2469819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you rent for a few months while you are looking? It might take the stress off of having to find something right now. I know moving multiple times is not ideal though. They love their new house.</p> <p>It's definitely doable, but it depends on the market in your area and what you are looking for. My SIL and BIL waited until their house was under contract before they were serious about putting in an offer on a new house. Their old house closed 2 weeks before their new house. They ended up having to put most of their things in storage and stay with family for those 2 weeks. It wasn't the most ideal situation, but it worked out ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/selling-and-then-buying-quickly-success-stories#post-2469815 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:27:43 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2469815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sold our home after about two months and had about 45 days to find a new house! Surprisingly we did, in about a week and those people amazingly accepted our short 30 day closing. </p> <p>So, it can be done! It was stressful and we were lucky, but you can be too. :) Don't give up. We love our house. </p>