What I learned when I helped my mother move: some personal insights

A few years ago, I was finally able to persuade my mother that she couldn't live alone in her house - the one in which my family had lived since the 1970s - and needed to move into a smaller co-op apartment in a nearby retirement community. But neither she nor I were aware how stressful the process of selling a house and purchasing an apartment could be.

While I wouldn't presume to advise anyone on the technicalities of buying and / or selling real estate, I did come away from the experience...