Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by Real Prospector on its website under Buyer on August 31, 2015.
While I’ve considered selling my home of nearly 20 years and upgrading, downsizing or simply relocating, something keeps me from calling a real estate broker, perhaps putting my own sign in the yard. Interest rates remain at generational lows, good deals are tucked away in great neighborhoods and credit is readily available. But those economic beacons fail to shed light on the one great and unavoidable obstacle. Packing.
Understand, I hate the idea of packing. Not for the packing itself but for the multiple steps involved in packing. The suddenly discovered gems are treasure-like but the realization that what once sounded like a good idea comes back to haunt you as your days in college or as a single journalist rise up to remind you “moron” has no limits.