Rented.

After having our home on the market for six months and always being the buyers' second choice, we decided to try renting our home out (I had my doubts).

We ran an ad in the paper and I was shocked at the number of families interested in renting our home. We ended up with 3 families who seemed to be perfect families to have as renters. That is when the hard part began. How do you choose? We ended up having two of the families offer to pay more rent and do work in the yard if we wanted it done. Our decsion came down to who would move in first, this freeing us from having another month of a mortgage payment and a rent payment.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that they are the perfect tenants we thought they were. I am trying to see this as a blessing, but I still really wish we could have sold the house.