December 14, 2011

So I always thought I was an understanding realtor. That I was able to understand how people were feeling during the process and could help ease their stress and worry.

Phew! I have got such an eye opener as I prepare to move in 5 days.

Moving is really crazy.

You have to display your home to whomever decides to stop in and take a look. You run around staging and cleaning constantly. Screaming at the kids “Clean that up!!!!” Then you wait to hear what the buyers thought of your house. The critique hurts even if you agree 100%. You want them to think your house is perfect! So, then someone does like your house and makes an offer. Even if it is a good one you think…. did I ask enough? Is this fair? Then the inspection, the mortgage process, the packing, the last second paperwork and juggling.. the list goes on.

But what I really found to be the truth in this process was summed up in a conversation my husband and daughter had recently.

“Dad, will Maddie (our Dog) be sad at the new house? Will she miss her old house? It will be so different.”

“Well, I don’t know. We will bring her bed and her food”

“Yeah…..(a long 9-year-old pause for contemplation)”

” You know what Dad, I think what really counts is that we will be with her – that is what makes it our home”

So, to all you past and future movers out there. I get it. I feel your pain.

And in the end it really is the people you love that make it a home.