We accidentally sold our house!

Many of our readers know this story, but if we haven't talked to you in the past week and a half - a lot has happened.

So, after we had our house painted and it looked super cute, I posted it on Zillow using the "Make Me Move" feature where you basically name a dream price, write a short description, and include a few pictures. So we didn't even list it with an agent or post it as for sale by owner. I was just curious to see if the paint job increased the value and if we'd get any views and saves.

Within a few days, an agent contacted us and said he had clients who wanted to see the house. We said ok. A few days later they came back for a second look. The following day they made an offer, which we countered, and then they countered and we agreed.

Last week they sent an inspector and now say they are working on a repair request, but want to send a HVAC inspector first. So we should find out about that this coming week. We hope they don't ask for too much as we aren't planning on agreeing to anything big. The appraiser should come soon and we hope goes well and that the house appraises at the purchase price.

They are working towards an October 31 closing, but have agreed to rent to us for the month of November. This works out well for us as we'll close before having to move, which means we'll have the money to close on a new house if we can find one on time. We are excited about this unplanned life shakeup because if this all works, we stand to make enough money to pay off some debt and get a new house.

I was excited from the beginning, and though Miran was a little more cautious about the whole thing initially, at this point we are both really hope this works as we excited about a new house and changing things up.

Last week we went to look at one house with a realtor that was 85% ok. It was fine really, but neither of us was totally sure about it. The layout was nice and it had a great sunroom and multilevel deck overlooking the woods, but there was some exterior maintenance issues and the garage was very small. The neighborhood had great amenities, but all the houses seemed a little neglected. We are going out tomorrow to see a couple more houses, which are really different from one another, but each have things going for them as well as things we are concerned about. So we'll see. If we don't find something in the next few weeks, we'll probably just find a rental for a couple of months so we can look a little more.