The End of the Beginning

With three and a half months to "M" Day, K & I decided to get a realtor last week to discuss the sale of our house. We were presented with pie charts, graphs and statistical data of the housing market in our area and, after a few hours of talking with and quesitoning the realtor, we made a decision. After a week of non-stop work, hiring contractors to fix up little odds and ends; hiring a landscaper to make the yard and flower beds look nice; packing up 25% to 30% of the house, and cleaning, cleaning, CLEANING our house is officially on the market.

Really, the only thing that K and I are worried about is the house selling too soon. We made our decision to put the house on the market now based on data that indicated the houses like ours in our neghborhood take between 60 and 90 days to sell, (not including the 30-day contract period.) Of course, we're not stupid - K and I have a contingency plan in case our house sells sooner than expected. Although the sale of our house, packing, moving, and finding jobs and housing long distance is a logistical nightmare, it's not too bad. What's bad is my in-laws constantly telling K & I how we're doing everything wrong. We've both received sermons via e-mail telling us that we've priced our house too low; we're selling our house too soon; we're moving too fast towards our goal of "M" Day; etc. I guess I hate this because it makes the assumption that K and I are really stupid. So stupid, in fact, that we wouldn't have done any research to determine when to put our house on the market and at what price to sell it. I also don't understand this thought that we are moving "too fast". As I said, "M" Day is just about three months away and those three months will be gone before we know it. Of course, the mid-September date is soft. There is no reason, (as of right now) that K & I HAVE to move in mid-September, but what is the point of making a goal if you're not going to aim for it?