Selling your home is one of the most stressful events in life. It rubs shoulders with changing jobs and divorce! Regardless if you are a seasoned home owner or a first time home owner, stress, pain, and plenty of frustration is on the cards as you go through the process. Adding a mortgage or reverse mortgage, brace yourself.

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Here are 5 ways that can help to alleviate the stress and pain when you are selling your house.

1. It Is What It Is!
   The slightest interference in our daily routine cause stress. Moving is one of the major life events that causes the most stress and way more than just an interference in your daily life. On average it takes about 75 days to sell a house. Prepare yourself for disruptions, interference, and discomfort for the next few months. Obviously, the longer your home is on the market, the more disruption and interference you have to deal with. Unfortunately, it is what it is. Be ready to deal with strangers walking through your home at all times of the day.
2. It is Not Personal
   The key to remain sane and dealing with significant less stress is to not take the process personal or get emotionally involved. Spare yourself the emotional stress in situations where the realtor advises an amount less than what you think your home is worth. Do not get discouraged, emotional, or even insulted when the first offer is ridiculously low. If people do not like the paint or floor coverings in your home, do not react on their negative comments. People are different and so does everyone have their own taste. Do not take the selling of your home personally. It is a business transaction. Treat it like you would any other transaction.
3. No Friends and Family
   Avoid doing business with friends and family at all cost unless you do not value your relationship that much. Selling your home is a long process with a lot at stake. Why would you complicate a good relationship, add stress and pain to it, and risk the relationship at all?
4. Take that Long Holiday
   As soon as your home is listed, go on that long holiday you always postpone. Hitting two flies with one hit. You will be in the best books with your family and your realtor will love you for doing so. You are spared the discomfort for most of the time and the realtor have all the time in the world to market your home without disrupting you. The majority of real estate agents are of the opinion that it is easier to sell a home if you are not around.
5. Elections Are Not That Bad!
   Many people believe that along with elections come instability and make it harder for you to sell your home. Some of it is true. Yet, the fact is that people will still move and they still need houses to live in. It might take a little longer to sell your house, but there will always be buyers.