We spent a year researching vehicles and reading forums before deciding to jump in with both feet. We let family know well in advance and let the kids and rest have their pick of heirlooms and keepsakes. We sold some items well in advance on Craigslist and through garage sales. In our area at the time, we knew our home would have a contract within a week of going on the market. We got with a realtor, got their advice on staging and timing, they took the pictures, etc then we held off on listing until we were ready. In the meantime we'd ordered our RV and coordinated arrival with my retirement date. Put the house on the market, contract in 3 days and we set closing for 4 weeks. In that time we scheduled and held an Estate Sale. The RV arrived 1 week before closing, we did our PDI and moved in 2 days before closing. The rest is history.
