[Aurel]

I wanted to update this thread about how our "nightmare" has ended.
I took a 6 month lease on a 3 bedroom apartment in New Mexico, and moved my family and furniture back from New Jersey, leaving the house empty for sale, with a reduced price of $399k.

My very generous company offered to pay my lease for as long as it would take to sell our house, which alleviated a lot of the financial stress.
We got another low ball offer of $325k from a cash buyer, and our excellent real estate agent was able to negotiate it up to $380k, which we have accepted. That is $125k less than we paid, but still leaves enough equity for a down payment. We can now take our time to look for the next house.

I am feeling very grateful for all the help and support that has showed up during this whole process.