I am sure you did just fine on the test and evaluation. Just remember that your W has to go through the same grinder.
As for the house, it all depends upon how attached you are to it. For you, it may bring sad memories and you might want to start somewhere new. I am buying my W out of her part. I had an appraiser come out last week. From this, I just need to calculate what it was worth when W and I got married and pay for her share in the increase of value. I owned my house 5 years before I married W.
