Moving Up in Scottsdale
Outgrowing the house you are in, with the sale and the purchase sequenced so you are never caught between them.
The problem is never the house. It is the gap
You have outgrown where you are. That part is easy to work out.
The hard part is that you have to sell and buy, and those two things have to happen in an order that does not leave you homeless, double-mortgaged, or forced to take a bad offer because the clock ran out.
Most people handle this by worrying about it and hoping it works out. It usually does, at a cost: a rushed sale, an overpaid purchase, or a month in a rental with your belongings in storage.
It is a solvable problem, and it gets solved with a calculator and one frank conversation, early, before either side starts.
Work out the sequencing with me
Buy first or sell first, decided rather than hoped
There is no universal right answer. There is a right answer for your numbers.
Selling first means you know exactly what you have to spend and you are a strong buyer with no contingency attached. The risk is the gap: you may need somewhere to live for a while.
Buying first means no gap and no moving twice. The risk is carrying two payments if your current home takes longer than expected, and the question of whether you can qualify while holding both.
We work through it with your actual equity, your actual lender's answer, and what your current home realistically sells for and how quickly. Then we pick, and plan for what happens if the timing slips, because sometimes it does.
Both sides are handled by me. You are not explaining your situation twice to two different agents who are not talking to each other.
What I bring to each side
On the sale: professional photography and a 3D walkthrough, drone where it helps, its own website, the MLS syndicated out, and paid and retargeted advertising. Three pricing options rather than one number, and a Friday report with real figures. The full detail is here.
On the purchase: I walk the houses with you and tell you what is wrong with them. Twenty years of doing this means noticing what a second visit would have caught. The buying process is here.
Because I am running both, the timing is coordinated rather than negotiated between two people with different incentives.
Where people are moving up to
DC Ranch, Grayhawk, McDowell Mountain Ranch, McCormick Ranch and across Scottsdale and North Phoenix.
Neighborhoods here do not move in step, which matters when you are selling in one and buying in another. Sometimes that works in your favor, and either way you want to know before you start rather than after.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I buy first or sell first?
It depends on your equity, what your lender says about carrying both, and how quickly your current home will realistically sell. We work it out with your real numbers at the start, and plan for the timing slipping, because sometimes it does.
Can you handle both the sale and the purchase?
Yes, and that is the point. One person running both means the timing is coordinated rather than negotiated between two agents with different incentives, and you are not explaining your situation twice.
What if my house sells faster than I find the next one?
Then we have already planned for it, because that is one of the two ways this goes wrong. There are several ways to handle the gap and the time to choose between them is before either side starts.
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