For Sale Sign Goes Live

As part of the relocation process, two realtors met with us and toured our home to find the ‘most likely to sell’ price. This would determine our listing price, home marketing strategy and allow us to select our agent. Sounds simple. The first two agents had a $53,000...

Sneaks aren’t for Storage

While we were packing up for storage, I asked Kenny if the storage space was large enough for his sneaker collection. Kenny: They aren’t going to storage. Me:  What do you mean? They can’t stay here while the house is listed – they take up a whole wall in one of the...

And then there’s this house.

So we live in a 'charming' 120+ year old house. Despite doing a ton of work on it during the seven years we've owned it, it was still NO WHERE near ready to be put on the market - cosmetically. There's nothing like going through your own house and trying to decide if...

Finally, some details!

Over the next couple weeks, I jumped every time Kenny's phone rang. He did, too. He was desperate for information. I am pretty sure his desperation for information was less for his own edification and more so I would stop asking him over 100 questions a day that he...

Hi Honey, what do you think about moving to Portland?

An end of May call from an on-the-road Kenny started out innocently enough. You know, the usual 'How are things? Everything ok? I miss you terribly and cannot wait to see your gorgeous face again.' (Ok maybe that last part is a stretch - but it wouldn't have been a...