Sell-First Leaseback Guide

It removes the "sold but nowhere to go" risk: you get your equity and certainty, then shop without double payments and make a strong non-contingent offer. It's one of the cleanest move-up tools when the gap is short.

Usually weeks, not months. Buyers rarely allow long rent-backs, so a leaseback fits a short bridge to your next home — not a substitute for having started your search.

Length and daily rate, the deposit, insurance, condition expectations, and an extension cap. Nailing these up front keeps a timing tool from turning into a dispute at the worst moment.

When you need months, or when the "gap" is really that you haven't started looking. If you need a long runway, that's a bridge or buy-first conversation, not a rent-back.

Yes. With equity in hand and no home-sale contingency, your offer is cleaner and more competitive — often the difference in a tight inventory situation for your next home.

If your gap is weeks, structure the sell-first plan around it; if it's months, look at a bridge or buy-first. Structuring that plan is part of a Real Estate Review.