Happy List Day!

Well it's listed! By the skin of our teeth we finally got it listed! The past week was not without trials but the freakouts were limited. I think I only cried once, so that's progress! We learned some lessons and the house ended up looking great! 

Our realtor Tim Cantrell bent over backwards to get our house on the MLS today. I’ve had it in the back of my mind that a Friday would be an excellent day to list a house. I recently confirmed my suspicions with a quick google search. I found multiple real estate pros agreeing that Friday is, in fact, the best day.to list ones home. One article said houses making their MLS debut on a Friday are 12% more likely to sell in 90 days. They are toured 19% more often, and sell closer to asking price than homes listed earlier in the week. I told Tim I wanted it to hit on a Friday so that is what he did. Thanks Tim!

The amount of help our families have given us has been incredible. Dad is figuring at this rate he will be owed about 20% of our profit. He's probably being kind with that estimation. My dad has lent us a plethora of tools and one of his trucks. He also spent several days helping us replace the siding, rebuild the deck and paint. Not to mention all of the days off he has allowed me to have (My dad also happens to be my boss). Mom has been totally cool as well. One day she took it upon herself to do all of our laundry (she even ironed everything!). Another day she came over and made us all an amazing spaghetti lunch. Eric’s family has given us a ton of those rubbermaid tubs (the fancy ones with the wheels) to store stuff in as well as all kinds of stuff to stage the house with.. My grandfather let us use his industrial paint sprayer. While my Aunt Lori is here visiting she has basically re-landscaped our yard and has been a big help staging the house. Then there are all of our friends who lent a helping hand. Our dear friends Chris, Big Chris and Ryan came over and installed new carpet in the two spare rooms as well as the hall. Morgan (who is busy enough planning her wedding) spent a very cold morning helping me tape up all the windows and trim before we painted. We absolutely could not have gotten all of this done with our their help. I cannot explain how grateful we are to them all! It is bittersweet and a little bit ironic that we are doing all this, only to move so far away. 

The Manley Men

The teacher of many life lessons

Gorgeous even doing yard work

Chris Ryan and Eric working hard

Aunt Lori works late into the night

Life lesson learned this week: If you’re not sure of the type of paint you’re painting over, PRIME IT! We made the sad mistake of painting over our decks with latex paint... decks that were previously painted with oil based paint. I must be getting better at rolling with the punches because I'm not that upset about this mistake. My dad told me what we had done wrong afterwards and comforted me with the fact he had once done the same thing. We are here to learn and learn we have.