Just upcoming events and thoughts

One massive change is going to be happening in my life really soon. As most of my readers know, My family and I are moving out into the country. We have the task of getting the house we live in now ready for sale. I managed to get a hold of the realtor who found this house for us when we bought it and he is planning on helping us sell it. Last week we had him come over and let us know what he thought would be essential for us to do before we put this house up for sale.
My problem isn't so much getting the house up for sale as it when to do all of this. Of course we can't expect to have a quick sale, but i guess it is possible. We are hoping to make a decent profit from our first house to use as a down for our second.
The realtor seemed to think that for our house to sell for the best price possible we should get it all cleaned out except for a few staging items. He thought it would be good to repaint a few of the rooms in our house and of course do the dreaded deep clean to make it show ready. That puts us into a bit of a bind. Where will we live while we are trying to sell our house? I've been trying to talk Lane into speaking with his mom about us living there in the meantime while our house is getting built. Our house is coming down the the wire, we have the painting to do, the flooring to install, the kitchen cabinets and the bathroom fixtures. Of course all the finish work and that should about do it! It will be ready. Time frame is about 2 months I'd say.
October 1 is when our house is supposed to be placed on the market unless we are ready before that date. I think we will be planning on moving our stuff in the next couple of weeks and living with the bare essentials. In the meantime it means lots of cleaning for me.
I am so excited!