When my husband and I bought our house in 2019, the real-estate agent knew the house two doors down from us would eventually be up for sale.
My husband and I joked that his parents would buy it when it was.
Two years later, it was listed — and they did (after asking permission from my husband and me, who greenlit their purchase before they even made an offer).
I am fully aware I wouldn’t have to look hard to find someone saying you couldn’t pay them enough to live next to their in-laws, but I never felt that way and have a good relationship with mine.
My husband and I lived with his parents for 15 months after I graduated from college, and that…
