Realistically, how hard is it to move to a new state?

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how hard is it to move states?

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they are kind of heavy and pretty awkward to carry.

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they are kind of heavy and pretty awkward to carry.

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Plus finding something big enough to haul them

Most difficult part is choosing a new house and neighborhood. When we moved to GA, we had a week to find a house. I wish we'd just rented for 6 months to get a better idea of where we wanted to settle down instead of rushing.

Outside of that, the move wasn't bad, at all.

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Most difficult part is choosing a new house and neighborhood. When we moved to GA, we had a week to find a house. I wish we'd just rented for 6 months to get a better idea of where we wanted to settle down instead of rushing.

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Absolutely this. Last time I moved states I didn't have kids so it was easy to just get an apartment first and then buy my house. Don't know how I would plan it now with a kid, but being able to find the right neighborhood is the toughest part.

True Story.

Prior to moving to BR, I posted a thread right here on tOT using a now deleted TD account.

I solicited advice on where to move and after filtering the requests for wife pics, I saw a majority advise moving to Dutchtown.

It's been well over a decade and I could not have been happier with that advice

Thanks tOT OG's!

My wife and I have discussed possibly relocating and we decided we'd probably need to give ourselves a year. We have the added complexity of having a kid in school too.

I'd recommend renting at first, even if you are pretty sure about the area.

When my wife and I moved we got an AirBnB for two nights to give us a place to crash while we unpacked and set up furniture and such.

A few months later we were pretty confident in the area we wanted to buy and ended up breaking the lease early to do so, but our mortgage payments were much lower than the rent so we came out ahead in the end.

We made the move the day we closed on our house in BR, so we timed the rental accordingly once we had a closing date set.

My wife was already working from home and my then job let me work remote for a while as well, so no concerns there, which was really nice.

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After timing job changes, selling the house, and finding a new place to live how hard of a transition is this? Is this something I need half a year to plan?

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not hard if you just get a short term rental or accept the fact to rent for a year.

we moved across the country and just rented a townhome with a two car garage and used the garage as storage for all of our stuff (along with selling a good bit of extra furniture/crap before the move just to downsize)

it was nice because then we were able to explore all the different areas of the city and find the neighborhood we wanted, and then because we were in the rental (and could go month to month once lease ended) there was a no time rush to find the perfect house, and then once we did didn't have to worry about any contingencies when putting bids in

downsides are the cost of the rental...living in less space...not feeling fully settled (basically living out of boxes because didnt want to unpack anything) and having to "move" twice (even though the second move was still easier because left majority of stuff packed

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Yea I have a kid and a house so it throws in a couple of extra steps. I imagine we will rent until we find a place. Also moving (back) to Houston

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No doubt. I recognize the uniqueness of my situation and am trying to finally use it to my advantage.

It's tough thought to be lining up such a big change and trying to keep it quiet from everyone that you work with. I don't want to do anything that escalate my pending layoff, and it may not even happen but I know that I'm never returning to the physical office, one way or another, that's not happening.