Happens a lot.
Have husband and wife sit down and list their "Wants" and their "Needs". See where you all agree and disagree. If you agree on the "Needs", it is much easier to compromise on the "Wants". But these answers will tend to be merely physical and concrete items, such as three car garage, close to work, and brick exterior... This is a good start. But then take each one of these answers and ask yourselves, "But why is that important to me?" Take THIS answer and ask the same question again, and again and again, until you really come up with why these "Wants" and "Needs" are important to you, and your spouse. Both of you should do this separate from one another. At the end of the exercise, usually the couple has a very enlightening realization of why it is that they want to move and what it is that they REALLY want from the new home. And it is rarely the difference between brick vs. vinyl, three car garage vs. a two car or so on. It is usually much more deep and emotional than these surface items. It will have to do more with how you want it to affect your lifestyle and your family and your standards in life, and so on. When some people do this exercise, they are amazed at how far off they were with what they thought they needed and wanted.
It is phsyco - gobbley gook, I know, but I really wish I was taught this trick sooner in my career than I was. It would have saved me a lot of headaches, along with my clients.
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