Existing Apartment Update 1

As mentioned in a previous post, we put our existing apartment on the market with our current estate agent.  Before the apartment was even formally listed, our agent decided to show the property to a client of hers who she thought would like it.  Sure enough, after a couple of viewings by this client, we received an offer on the apartment which we have accepted.  We only had to endure two showings for which we (Debra and Ryder, particularly) are very grateful.   

So now we put our focus on finding our next house.  We have various trips planned throughout the summer, so we were pleased that the buyer of our existing apartment accepted a 90-day period to close (normal is 60 days here in Portugal) and also will allow us -- at our option -- to rent back the apartment for up to an additional 60 days after the close.  That gives us a lot of flexibility in our search.