Selling fast when work moves you across the country

A job relocation is exciting, until you realize your home still needs to sell and the start date will not move. Carrying two housing payments is the fear. Here is how to avoid it.

Know your real deadline

Map backward from your move date. A traditional listing averages well over a month on market, plus a month or more in escrow. If your timeline is tighter than that, you are at risk of carrying the old home long after you have moved.

A cash sale removes the overlap

Because a cash close can happen in as little as a week, you can line the sale up with your move instead of paying two mortgages while you wait for a buyer. You also pick the closing date, so it can land exactly when you need it.

Sell remotely

You do not need to be in town. Offer, paperwork, and closing can all be handled from your new city, with documents signed electronically and a local title company managing the close.

Leave the rest behind

Moving is enough work without prepping a home for showings. An as-is sale means you can focus on the move and the new job, not on repairs and open houses for a house you are leaving.

Relocation is stressful enough. The home you are leaving should be the easy part, not the anchor.