averagejoe
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders.
Big move. The market here is hot hot for sellers, not sure how it is in Chicago.
Course once you sell, you become a renter or buyer and that's expensive.
It's complicated as to why we're moving.The wife and I are sort of gypsies (6 or maybe 7 moves since marriage) - though we've never strayed more than a 10 miles from where we started. Are you guys remaining in the Chicago area ?
But the short version is we're going smaller in preparation for retirement and so there is less to take care of.
Yes, we're staying in the area.