The best time to think about selling your house is before you buy it.

You might have fallen in love with it and be more than willing to overlook a house's flaws but, before you make an offer, look at those flaws through the eyes of a potential buyer five or ten years down the road when it is your turn to sell.

And sell you will. Unlike their parents who bought for the long-haul, most first time homebuyers today stay in a house for only five years. So doesn't it make sense to think ahead? If you are interested in a house that isn't flying off the market today, what makes you think that will change when you are ready to move?

Publish Date: 07/22/2005