when it's time to move... move

this week is an advice column...

when you've decided that it's time to move, it probably will be for reasons other than to make money selling your house. It might be to move your kids into a new school district, buy a bigger house so your family is more comfortable, buy a smaller house because your kids are grown or whatever the reason, it will be a "life reason"

You've made the decision to move. Price your house so that you get what you need and be done with it. Don't price it high to "test the market" and plan to lower it. Go out with both guns blazing, set a fair price, sell your house and move on/up!

I see, too often, people that can't move because they tried to get too much for their house, "tested" the market with a high price, lowered it after a few weeks but the market had fallen out from under them. Now they can't get what they need and they are stuck in the house that is in the wrong school district, or too small or too big.

If you are moving for the money that's one thing. If your reasons are anything else,
-- PRICE YOUR HOUSE TO SELL RIGHT AWAY,
-- PRICE IT AT A FIRM PRICE AND DON'T BUILD IN NEGOTIATION BUFFERS,

Don't be stuck where you are.