You can't expect to breakeven in this current housing market. You can wait it out but chances are you'll end up being stuck with it for awhile. It's brutal.
Home owning used to feel like success is finally at hand, now they've become shackles instead. 2 properties, unwanted, market failing and things are only getting worse in time. Is it delusional to think things will eventually turn around?
The housing market is already terrible, and now you also have to watch out for people who claim to help you but play you instead. How do we fix this system?
"Why is no one buying our house?"
Well, with how things are going, no one wants a house. Would rather use that money on experience rather than go through the suffering of trying to own one.
How demotivating is it when you work so hard to qualify to become a homeowner and when you finally get to that point, you're told it's not enough. We work hard only to be told to work even harder.
You sell your home to solve problems, but you get presented with more problems instead because the process to sell one is getting harder. Couple that with personal problems and its just over for you.