<prompt> Human: This seems like something that is so simple, because people do this every day, yet so difficult, because I personally have never done it before. If you already own a house, how do you move into another one? If you sell the house first, you have no place to live. If you buy the other house first, then you have to carry two mortgages, which you cant afford. And what if the offer falls through? Were looking into moving to another state, but I dont know what to do first: fix up and list my house but where would we live when it sells?, or figure out a way to afford two houses at the same time so that when the first one sells, we actually have a place to live. I have a feeling that the answer is the latter, which would greatly suck.  <response>: You make a conditional offer. Happens all the time. The timing can get a little tricky but, if your agent is any good, this is how they earn those fat commissions. Thats also why people with cash get moved to the head of the line. Theres no chance the financing will fall through. 