CHAPTER6 Is Selling Right for You?
While you might already be highly motivated to sell your current home, others may need convincing. I can imagine that many of you reading this book already have in place a long list of reasons you wouldn’t consider “uprooting” yourself and leaving your current home for another, potentially smaller, one. (If you are happy where you are, why make a change?) I can give you plenty of reasons to consider moving at this stage in your life (but we’ll get into that soon). For now, I want to recognize that those of you who are hesitant, or even resistant, to the idea of moving, are completely justified in your reasons. But my guess is that you haven’t taken the time to fully consider the potential positives of doing so. Here are six of the most common objections longtime homeowners have to selling for the purpose of downsizing. For every common objection, I will address an upside.
1. “I don’t want to deal with the stress of moving.”
Moving, regardless of when, where, and why, can often be a stressful process. Downsizing is no different. There are many different steps involved, which can be overwhelming and time- consuming. The stress of moving often boils down to decluttering. After all, moving from a larger home — one that has collected many memories and belongings — to a smaller one requires getting rid of a lot of stuff because you literally won’t be able to take
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