Too risk averse?
As background, I live in a townhouse that we renovated in 2024. I absolutely love my place, but it has become more and more impractical as my elderly father navigates the stairs. This was never supposed to be long term as I have dogs and the goal was always to move to a house with a yard. I moved here for work and my timeframe was tight so I settled down a townhouse and made it my own at the time. I have been working with a realtor and have looked at various places over the past few months. I was briefly under contract on a place with a seller on the private market, but that fell through after the inspection revealed the major issues with the foundation. My realtor of course wants me to get my house under contract first as I’m not going to be competitive enough in this white hot suburban Chicago market unless it is. I definitely see his point, but I am very wary about all the pressure that will result from having to find a place quickly as I have only seen a few viable options in the time I’ve been looking. I’m just nervous about taking the plunge, but at the same time don’t want to wait until there’s a major health issue with my dad. I guess I’m just looking for some reassurance that this is the right thing to do. I don’t have a lot of help with anything and no one in my family has owned their own home besides me so they just really don’t get it.