Maria — From Starter Home to Space for a Growing Family

What they owned

Maria had lived in her two-bedroom bungalow for nine years. It was the home she'd bought as a single first-time buyer, and it held a lot of memories — but with a second child on the way and a work-from-home arrangement now permanent, the house that once fit her life perfectly had run out of room.

What they wanted

She wanted four bedrooms, a dedicated office, a backyard big enough for a playset, and — most importantly — she didn't want to sell first and end up renting in between or scrambling to buy. Her biggest fear was a gap between selling and buying.

How the coordinated sale + buy made it work

We structured her sale and purchase as one timeline instead of two separate transactions. First, we identified target neighborhoods and got her pre-approved for the price point that accounted for both transactions. Then we listed her bungalow with a closing date timed to her preferred purchase window. Because her sale went under contract quickly, she could negotiate her new-home purchase with a contingency that protected her if the sale fell through. The result: she closed on her starter home on a Thursday and on her new four-bedroom home the following week — no temporary housing, no double moves, no bridge loan needed.