They don't show you this part on HGTV

So I am somewhat ashamed to say that I have watched my fair share of House Hunters, Property Virgins and the like. It makes the house buying seem so much easier than it has been for us. On those shows you make an offer, maybe negotiate the price and suddenly it's months later and the family is in the redecorated house.
They leave out the fact that there in a seller in addition to the buyer, who has needs and desires and has to move out of the house for the new people to move in. Plus there are banks, insurance companies, inspectors, two realtors, which makes for a much more crowded process than one is led to believe by watching HGTV. (Of course if the world worked the way it does on TV, it would be a lot easier all the way around.)
We keep reminding ourselves that this part will be over soon and then we can start the next stage.