Keep a cool head.

We are now on the rollercoaster ride that is buying and selling a house.We accepted an offer on our house last week...which was great news after 6 months of viewings. We then discovered that the house we had put an offer on nr Monmouth, had received a higher offer....and we now have to rethink. Can we afford to up our offer...or do we have to start looking at properties to buy all over again? I think the key is to take things a day at a time and to keep a cool head. Things can go wrong, people can pull out, surveys could be disasterous....its going to be an expensive and stressful business. I think I need a stiff drink!!!