Moving & Packing Tips - How to Reduce Stress When Moving (INTERVIEW)
How to Buy a Home
David Sidoni
4.8 • 859 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Moving is one of the most stressful parts of homebuying—so before you decide to relocate for affordability, remote work, or a dream lifestyle, this episode helps you figure out if you’re really ready. David sits down with Mariette Frye, host of the Moving Tips & Tricks podcast, who has moved 20 times in 24 years and developed a practical and emotional framework to help people plan better moves. From financial prep to emotional readiness and community-building tips, this episode is all about knowing what to do before you commit to a new city or neighborhood—especially if you’re planning to rent first, test out a market, or buy remotely.
Whether you’re dreaming of New York, San Diego, or just moving two zip codes over, this episode helps you get clear on how to test your dream before making a major life transition.
Quote:
“You have to grieve your old home and your old life—because once you move, it’s a complete reset. Whether you’re ready for it or not, it’s coming for you.” — Mariette Frye
Highlights:
- How do you know if you’re actually ready to relocate—or just reacting to burnout, grief, or frustration?
- What is the FRED framework? A 4-part system to evaluate your next city using lifestyle filters, not just affordability.
- Can you test-drive a city before committing? Why short-term rentals, online communities, and “proof-of-concept” visits matter more than a Zillow search.
- Why renting in a luxury building might backfire if your long-term plan is to buy affordably in the same area.
Referenced Resources:
- Mariette’s podcast: Moving Tips & Tricks
- DecidingToMove.com – Mariette’s workbook and relocation planning tool
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| 0:00.0 | Every single day I get an email or a phone call with somebody pitching me to be a guest on this show. |
| 0:10.7 | Now, you want to take one guess why? |
| 0:12.9 | Yeah, it's because you have a target on your back and it's made out of dollar signs. |
| 0:18.0 | Each of you is unique and you deserve quality advocacy. And it's my mission to |
| 0:22.4 | provide you the information so that you can find the unfortunately unjustly hidden roadmap |
| 0:28.7 | for first-time homebuyers to home ownership. So this is why you might notice that I don't have a lot |
| 0:34.0 | of guests on the show. And the guests that actually do come on the show, I have them because I've sought them out. I found that they're in the background, |
| 0:42.4 | fighting the good fight for the little guy, working to balance the unjust scales of first-time |
| 0:46.6 | home buying. And recently, I found an awesome person who specializes in a question that many |
| 0:53.3 | first-time home buyers struggle with, |
| 0:55.5 | the moving conundrum. Should you stay or should you go? |
| 1:00.5 | How to Buy a Home Educates, protects, and connects first-time home buyers to qualified |
| 1:04.3 | vetted realtors in their area, whether you're looking for DIY information or step-by-step |
| 1:08.9 | guidance. How to Buy a Home is the number one resource for first-time |
| 1:11.8 | home buyers. Oh, homies, welcome to a special edition of How to Buy a Home, the podcast. I'm so excited |
| 1:20.4 | today because as you guys know, I scour the internet searching for anything and everything |
| 1:26.2 | that has to do with you first-time homebuyers. |
| 1:28.0 | This is really exciting because I found another one of those wonderful, giving, altruistic people |
| 1:35.0 | who really has just been through some personal stuff on her own, and now she wants to share it |
| 1:40.1 | all with you. |
| 1:40.9 | And guess what the topic's about? |
| 1:43.4 | Moving. |
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