(10-05-2020, 11:37 AM)Evan Wrote: This.
Selling a house is hard enough. Selling and buying at the same time is masochism.
Most apartment buildings offer short term or month to month leases. Get your house sold, move to the area, and rent for a few months while you shop and find the right place that doesnt have an unintentional indoor swimming pool.
And why would you be out $3500? Im assuming you had a home inspection contingency? You should not lose your earnest money.
Won't lose earnest money, will lose due diligence money. Put another point on the board for SC, NC due diligence is basically the buyer paying the seller to take the house off the market for 14-30 days for the buyer to do their due diligence. It's credited back like earnest money if you buy but it is given directly to the sellers to deposit right away. You only get it back if they decide to sell to someone else and breach the contract.
Definitely hitting the reset if this falls through. I had a hard time finding a rental that was 3-4 bedrooms, short term, allowed a cat and had a garage. I'm sure working with a decent realtor will make a big difference in that regard though. My agent basically told me she could "maybe find me an apartment".
https://hunterrowe.com/due-diligence-ear...-carolina/