if we need to we can stay with my wife's parents. we spoke with the realtor yesterday, and he said the timeline of events should work out good for us and the buying party.
the house we will be moving into was built in 2009 and is a lot nicer than the one we are selling. the house payment is more, but because it is better insulated, the overall cost is only like 100 dollars more per month, which is impressive because it's almost 1000 sq/ft bigger.