Buying and Selling at the Same Time in North Mississippi
How to sequence a home sale and a home purchase so you are never stuck with two payments or nowhere to live.
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This is the single most stressful move in real estate, and almost all of that stress comes from sequencing — not from the houses themselves.
Decide the order first
Sell first and you have real money and real leverage, but you may need a short-term place to land. Buy first and you have certainty about where you are going, but you carry risk until the old house sells.
In this market, most families do best selling first with a rent-back agreement — you close, get your money, and stay in the house for a short agreed period while you close on the next one.
Tools that remove the gap
Rent-back agreements, contingent offers written to be competitive, bridge financing through a local lender, and a standing cash offer on your current home as a backstop if the purchase timeline moves.
One point of contact
Both sides of the move — sale and purchase — should be coordinated by the same person. Two agents pointing at each other is how families end up in a hotel.
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