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How To Juggle a Home Purchase and a Home Sale

Here are the options you have if you need to sell one home and buy another.  

Today we’re talking about an age-old problem in the real estate industry: when you need to sell your current home in order to buy the next house. Ideally, you’d buy the next house, move in, then sell your current home. However, mortgage rules make that a little challenging for the average homebuyer, so we’re going through all of your options for buying and selling simultaneously.

Cited below for your convenience are timestamps that will direct you to various points in the video. Feel free to watch the full message, or use these timestamps to browse specific topics at your leisure:

0:51—Option 1: Contingent Offer
2:00—Challenges with contingent offers
2:32—Make the strongest offer possible
2:40—Option 2: Lease Back
3:50—If you’re absolutely committed to moving, a leaseback is great
4:10—Opportunistic buyer, buy one if you find one
4:55—Option 3: Buy before you sell programs
5:24—What we can do for you
6:10—What does this cost you?
6:51—Wrapping it up

If you have any questions at all about any of these options or anything else related to real estate, don’t hesitate to reach out via phone or email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.