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The answer starts with what’s driving your move: retiring, rightsizing for the life you’re living now, helping a parent, or settling an estate. From there, it depends on what your home is worth in today’s market, what’s available where you want to go, and how the sale and the purchase line up. The order matters. Sell too soon and you may move twice or rent in between. Buy too soon and you carry two homes, and the pressure to sell can cost you on price. Make your purchase contingent on selling and your offer competes at a disadvantage. I plan both sides together, at your pace, so the order and timing work for you. You decide when, or whether, to move. [Let's Start Yours](https://www.davidzadareky.com/contact?hsLang=en) [Request a Home Audit](https://www.davidzadareky.com/home-audit?hsLang=en) ## Who I Help Each situation brings its own decisions, people, and timelines. ##### Rightsizing Does your home still fit the life you’re living now, or the one you’re planning? Compare staying, adapting your home, or moving nearby. [See How It Works](https://www.davidzadareky.com/rightsizing?hsLang=en) ##### Retirement Moving closer to family, or to a new lifestyle in another state? Plan the sale of this home around the purchase of your next one. [See How It Works](https://www.davidzadareky.com/retirement?hsLang=en) ##### Helping a Parent Is a parent moving in with family, or into independent or assisted living? Understand the decisions, responsibilities, trade-offs, and timelines ahead. [See How It Works](https://www.davidzadareky.com/helping-a-parent?hsLang=en) ##### Estate Sales Responsible for selling a home as part of an estate? Get clear guidance on preparing, pricing, and selling the property to convert the equity into cash for the estate. [See How It Works](https://www.davidzadareky.com/estate-sales?hsLang=en) ## Buy First or Sell First? It’s the chicken-and-egg question of every move, and the answer isn’t the same for everyone. It depends on your equity, your financing, how long you can carry two homes, and what the market is doing on both sides of the move. We work out the right order for you when we work the numbers and put the steps in order. #### Sell first You know your proceeds before you commit to the next home. You may move twice. #### Buy first You move once, on your schedule. You carry two homes until the sale closes, or use financing that bridges the gap. #### Sell and buy together Both closings land in the same window. That takes tight coordination on both contracts, and I handle both sides. ### Retiring Somewhere New? If your next home is in another city or state, I sell your home here and help you find the right agent there. Then I coordinate the timing so the sale here and the purchase there line up. **I never charge a referral fee.** The agent I recommend is chosen for you, not for what they pay me. ## A Clear Path to What’s Next #### You can stop or pause after any step. Exploring your options doesn’t commit you to selling. You’re only committed once you accept an offer on your home. ###### STEP 1 ##### Start With What Matters What you want to change, what you want to keep, and who’s involved in the decision. ###### STEP 2 ##### Explore Your Options Stay, adapt your home, or move. We compare them side by side, including what buying your next home looks like. ###### STEP 3 ##### Understand Your Home’s Value A full market assessment and a [Home Audit](https://www.davidzadareky.com/home-audit?hsLang=en) show how condition and competing homes shape what buyers will pay. ###### STEP 4 ##### Work the Numbers Preparation costs, selling expenses, likely proceeds, and the cost of your next home. ###### STEP 5 ##### Decide What’s Best Choose your path and the preparation worth the time, money, and effort. ###### STEP 6 ##### Put Steps in Order Belongings, preparation, selling, buying, and moving, sequenced around your needs. ###### STEP 7 ##### Execute the Plan Bring your home to market on or off the MLS, priced and presented to compete. If you’re buying, I find, tour, and negotiate your next home on the same timeline. ###### STEP 8 ##### Navigate to Closing Offers, negotiations, inspections, appraisal, and settlement, through to the proceeds hitting your account. ### What My Clients Say ★★★★★ “He is the listing agent for the house we are selling and our buyer’s agent for the house we are purchasing. … His straight forward approach helped us develop a selling strategy that worked best for our situation.” **Seller and Buyer, Northern Virginia** ★★★★★ “With David’s knowledge of the market, experience in the area and his handling of the nature of the sales, we were able to receive more money for each of the homes than we had initially anticipated—all within eight months.” **Estate Seller, four homes in Northern Virginia** ★★★★★ “In the months before leaving Japan, he set up a comprehensive auto search function on the listing database that found properties that most closely matched what I was looking for. … Dave worked harder and smarter for me than any of the other agents I found.” **Relocating Buyer, from Japan** ## Start With a Conversation Tell me what you want to change, what you want to keep, and who’s involved. 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