We did it, we decided we will sell the house in Fort Collins, use that money to build the dream in Harlingen, then come back to Colorado and build on some other land we had there, for the summers.
We built a real nice website for selling the house, placed an ad on Craigslist and a few other spots and decided to go at it on our own, without a realtor. If everything went right, we’d make just a bit more than if we had a realtor, it would sell quickly and save the buyer some money as well.
Four days later we had an offer for $5K less than we were asking. Much to my wife’s shock (she had though I’d listed it for $15K too much), I said no. The buyer immediately came up to our price.
The deal was for cash and we closed 5 business days later.