Moving Gracefully

A Guide to Relocating Yourself & Your Family

Moving Doesn’t Have to Be Painful

Why did I write a book on moving? Since graduating college, I’ve made 11 interstate moves and 6 local ones. I’ve lived in apartments, houses, and condos across the country. I’ve moved by myself, with my husband, and at times also with children and a rabbit. Many of these were corporate moves, but some we did on our own. I’ve also helped family members move a number of times, helping to determine what should go and what should not.

Years ago, I found myself answering relocation questions from family and friends, and realized that it would be helpful if I pulled together all the advice and information about moving, so that I could just hand it to those who were requesting info. This way, I wouldn’t have to worry about leaving something out. As I researched, more and more things seemed critical to include, and now they’re all in Moving Gracefully; A Guide to Relocating Yourself and Your Family.

My great wish is that this book will take the mystery out of moving, help you to make smart decisions as you move through the process, enable you to experience the move as an adventure, guide your family to adjust happily to their new surroundings, and get the most out of living in a new area. As with making new friends and living life in general, your attitude will make all the difference. Enjoy your explorations in new places!

What People Are Saying

I love this book, I am so grateful that I came across this gem! Ive followed every step and our move has become so easy, organized and I feel so confident. I had no idea the links and resources for you to use. So many things Id never thought of. I reccomend this over any other moving book . it even has plans for after you move into the new home! This is the one!

I thought I knew it all about moving since I’ve moved with my family 5 times within the U.S. and 3 times International. It is a great book to read and the flow is great. We will be moving again in March, 2012 and amazingly, some information that I had no idea existed became available. I not only recommend this book to those who are moving or have moved, but also to those that would like to find a balance within their work, friends and family life. Simply put, a great book to read

I love this book, I am so grateful that I came across this gem! Ive followed every step and our move has become so easy, organized and I feel so confident. I had no idea the links and resources for you to use. So many things Id never thought of. I reccomend this over any other moving book . it even has plans for after you move into the new home! This is the one!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Making the Decision

Chapter 2: Preparing Your House

Chapter 3: Selling the House

Chapter 4: Creating and Interpreting Listings

Chapter 5: Evaluating Purchase Offers & Negotiating the Sale

Chapter 6: Mortages

Chapter 7: Finding a New Home

Chapter 8: Preparing a Purchase Offer & Negotiating the Purchase

Chapter 9: Scheduling the Move and Other Tidbits

Chapter 10: Getting Ready for the Move

Chapter 11: Moving with Children

Chapter 12: Moving with Pets

Chapter 13: Packing Tips

Chapter 14: Moving Days and Closings

Chapter 15: After the Movers Leave

Chapter 16: Makng the New Town Your Home

Chapter 17: Helpful Websites

About Carol

Carol Miller Fradkin grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned her BS at the University of Maryland. Carol has lived in Atlanta (twice), Baltimore (twice), southern California (twice), Chicago (3 times), Nashville TN, Rochester NY, and St. Louis. She’s held a variety of positions, including multiple volunteer leadership roles in non-profit organizations, but her longest career positions were as a flight attendant and the administrator of the non-profit BMT InfoNet (Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network). These may seem like very diverse positions, but her passion for helping people, and especially helping people feel comfortable in unfamiliar situations, is a dominant theme. Carol and her husband Gary currently split their time between Nashville and Atlanta, and are extremely grateful for the experiences and relationships with which they’ve been blessed, due to moving and travel.

Carol has published two books. Her first is Moving Gracefully: A Guide to Relocating Yourself & Your Family; her second is What Brings You JOY?