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Putting myself if the best position to buy my next home for the next chapter of my life

Hi r/RealEstate,

I've lived in my current home since 2017. After a bad divorce a few years ago, I'm living in this place alone. I ended up buying out my former partners share of equity with a home equity loan. Thankfully this and the mortgage are my only debts and I'm still living comfortably.

This place was our second home, purchased with a home sale contingency for our starter home. This was quite a stressful situation finding our next home after ours went under contract. Thankfully, we did find a nice place but definitely not a dream house. There is also an issue that was there in 2017 that is still here in 2026.

There is nothing I can do to fix living along a busy road (11K vehicles/day average). There hasn't been that moment of "getting used to it" over the years living here. It's mainly the commercial truck traffic with a lot of engine braking even though it's prohibited in the town. Opening the windows at night is not an option which I really miss.

I've made this place my own since the divorce but still, I cannot get over the noise of this road. The thought of having to deal with this noise for years to come is just depressing. It's time to move on.

So here I am, ready to say goodbye to that sweet 3% rate and put on a buyers hat to start the next chapter of my life on my own.

The current plan is to avoid the home sale contingency situation. I would like to sell and put all profit from equity gains (ballpark $120K after closing costs) into savings. I'd start renting a month before closing to making moving much less stressful with having a month to do so.

I'd be in a position of no debt with ~$150K (existing savings plus equity addition) in cash.

Monthly housing cost would also decrease from $2800 to about $2100 for rent/storage. The extra 700 would just go to savings or travel expenses to explore new areas to potentially call home.

Most of what I'm looking for in my next home seems to be around $300K to $450K. I just want to be in a position where I can put my best, fewest strings attached, offer out there when I find the one.

Is there anything about this approach that I'm missing or that could backfire?

These past few years have been rough and I'm feeling like it's finally time to finish that chapter of my life and start the next one.

Thanks in advance!

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