A good / GREAT realtor is key in those situations.

Before we decided to make the move from Ky to Arizona we talked to a couple realtors . Decided on a parcel of bare land , Thought we had a good one but he turned out to be a snake and after a few talks in person when I came out ahead of the family we ditched him and moved on.

We ended up meeting a super nice lady who had been in the business for several years and bought our house thru her with zero issues