[quote=CA renter]Still wish I could get over the fear of doing a home exchange with our primary residence.[/quote]
I don’t blame you CAR. I wouldn’t mind using our primary residence for a home exchange but my wife absolutely will NOT allow me to do that. Fortunately we own several investment properties so it works out well.
But more times than not, we’re swapping with someone on their existing property. Before we moved to San Diego, we did several exchanges with owners in SD on primary residences. Worked out well.