We have worked for months and spent many, many $$$ to get it ready for this very picky market.......now we wait.


Now it is maintenance each day to keep it primo while awaiting a realtor call.

It is really a nice house with a very decent property. if it was in my neighborhood, you could get $600k for it. Amazing what effect geography has on home prices.... :screwy:

i'll take it. where do i sign? :thmsup:

i don't make enough $$$ though... :bawl:

hopefully it will sell quickly with no trouble for you! :)

looks nice!! here in Jacksonville, where I live you could get 300-350. for every 5 miles east you could probably add 100K.

It is really a nice house with a very decent property. if it was in my neighborhood, you could get $600k for it. Amazing what effect geography has on home prices.... :screwy:

Guess I never realized how true that is. Ironically we are going farther south where living will be less expensive.

Got our first showing tomorrow

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

One week on the market tomorrow.....sell,sell,sell.

good luck!!!!! maybe the first showing will yield good results!!!!! :thmsup:

got my toes crossed for you!!! :D

got my toes crossed for you!!! :D

Thanks, I've got my eyes crossed!

Excuse the worn out-ness of 'em.....they worked hard today!!

Here's my size 2 piggies with my Mickey toe ring too! :D

Well, has the toes crossed worked yet?????

Cross the others too please! Only two peeps have looked at the house so far, no buyers yet.

Our realtor wants to do an open house the weekend after next. We're to meet with him today so he can answer the many questions we have concerning an open house. :deal:

Neither Dee or I are nuts about strangers tromping through the house but if that's what it takes so be it.

Excuse the worn out-ness of 'em.....they worked hard today!!

Here's my size 2 piggies with my Mickey toe ring too! :D

that's too cute princess!!! :D

Cross the others too please! Only two peeps have looked at the house so far, no buyers yet.

Our realtor wants to do an open house the weekend after next. We're to meet with him today so he can answer the many questions we have concerning an open house. :deal:

Neither Dee or I are nuts about strangers tromping through the house but if that's what it takes so be it.

it's probably a good idea to try the open house! :)

Open houses get results around here.... I'd not want it either.....but if it works.....

:yes:

Princess I have to agree. I'm sure we'll go for it but the questions must be answered first.

We did have a realtor come by today to scope the place out for a client. I never knew how quickly I could vacuum and rake seven rooms of carpet!!!! NO, it's not shag, the rake makes it look super fluffy. :D

raking carpet?? hmmmmm......

Open houses get results around here.... I'd not want it either.....but if it works.....

:yes:

Princess is correct about open houses, especially in Silicon Valley where the Medium home prices in Santa Clara is now approx. $750,000!!! :eek:

Last month some of the homes my wife worked with sellers & buyers experience multiple offers, where homes that were staged for open house garnered 3 to 8 offers. (Crazy artificial inflation senerio)

This month it's slow down to around 2 - 5 offers depending if it's a single family home, condo or town house!!!

My wifes relatives in San Antonio Texas wants us to retire there were we can get a larger home with land for $$$ less vs. Silicon Valley!!!

Anyway, if you do have an open house, try to remove any personal touches that made it your home, like refrigerator magnets, dust collector's and magnetic board messages and scribble! I'm sure your Realtor will fill you in with all the details to make the house look staged!

May you receive offer's galore!!!
Phil

Anyway, if you do have an open house, try to remove any personal touches that made it your home, like refrigerator magnets, dust collector's and magnetic board messages and scribble! I'm sure your Realtor will fill you in with all the details to make the house look staged

The house has been staged for over a month, you won't even see a coffee pot much less any personal items. 70% of our stuff is in storage......staging we've got down pat, just need a buyer.

Thanks for the good wishes. Since I hail from San Antonio I wish you the best in retiring there. Look into the hill country outside the city.

raking carpet?? hmmmmm......

You've never seen a carpet rake?

Anyway, if you do have an open house, try to remove any personal touches that made it your home, like refrigerator magnets, dust collector's and magnetic board messages and scribble! I'm sure your Realtor will fill you in with all the details to make the house look staged

The house has been staged for over a month, you won't even see a coffee pot much less any personal items. 70% of our stuff is in storage......staging we've got down pat, just need a buyer.

Thanks for the good wishes. Since I hail from San Antonio I wish you the best in retiring there. Look into the hill country outside the city.


Super!

Along with the MLS, Broker's Tour & Open House standard realtor process, my wife would also advertise using Craigslist.org (http://www.craigslist.org/). It's a free (for now?) advertising website that accessible from the Internet. I would link up the extra property photo's from Webshots to those Craigslist ads so the renter/buyer can see actual photo's of said properties.

Last year, my wife was advertising a rental in Palo Alto (http://community.webshots.com/album/130031032gYCmUG), I added the photo's of that property and she actually received a phone call from France.

Another rental ad for Cupertino (http://community.webshots.com/album/41987649XHhfpS), she received a call from the Netherlands (professor to work @ Stanford U. for a year or so) - so Craigslist works and is part of her process.

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We're still about 10 years (me anyways) from retiring, but San Antonio is an option, ... Hawaii is another!?!? But thanks for the hint to look at the hill country outside San Antonio. My wifes relatives in Hondo consider their part of the world as hilly country!!! :yes:

Phil

Phil,

The house is listed on five sites. Thanks for the tip on Craig's list, I'll check into it.

I wouldn't call Hondo the hill country, not by any means. Flat, hot, and dusty, is what I'd call it! I was talking more about Boerne, Kerrville, Comfort, Fredericksburg. The highland lakes chain is in the hill country also. Do be sure that you are able to deal with oppressive heat.

Hawaii requires tons of money which I'm sure you know. I was stationed there in the late 60's, early 70's and it cost a fortune then. I can't even imagine now.

Rick

Phil,

The house is listed on five sites. Thanks for the tip on Craig's list, I'll check into it.

I wouldn't call Hondo the hill country, not by any means. Flat, hot, and dusty, is what I'd call it! I was talking more about Boerne, Kerrville, Comfort, Fredericksburg. The highland lakes chain is in the hill country also. Do be sure that you are able to deal with oppressive heat.

Hawaii requires tons of money which I'm sure you know. I was stationed there in the late 60's, early 70's and it cost a fortune then. I can't even imagine now.

Rick


No problem Rick, ... hope you can use Craigs list or something similar @ your neck of Texas!!!

My wife’s grandmother lives about 7-8 miles from Hondo (road ?? out of town that goes towards Devine) and her ranch is definitely up in a rolling, (though small but higher altitude level than Hondo) hill. When we left her house (1/4 mile to the main road), we definitely head 'down' the road towards Hondo. Her uncle was at one time the Football coach for their local HS! His wife (from England - met while stationed there - yep she has a British / Texas accent) once owned the old Cinema Theater in Hondo.

We visited last year in July (about 3 month's after my wife's mom passed away) so she could spend time with grandma she's about 90 years old (my wife's mom was her oldest). That was the first time I saw fire-flies :yes: after the sun set - back yard of her uncles house - we had a good ole' Bar-B-Q!!! :thmsup:

As far as Hawaii goes, my wife keeps an eye @ some of the property listings in Kauai where we have some friends. We should of bought 1-1/2 to 2 years ago when some of the property was still reasonable, ... around $250,000 to $300,000, ... presently it's almost doubled for the same types of units (condo's, townhouses & some single family homes) . At this time, it would just be a income property investment, ... so who knows???

Phil

I had forgotton that Hondo is on the edge of the hill country. Once past it heading to Del Rio it is flat from there on.

Well we had two house shoppers today. The first realtor was two hours late, didn't sit right with me since I've been up since 2AM.. I wanted my nappie!!

The first couple stayed five minutes. The next folks stayed 12. You just never know what they are thinking.

yeah it's hard to get a read. we stayed forever in some houses we were only so/so about and only minutes in ones we like alot.... :nuts:

Tomorrow is our 1st open house. We have to vacate for about 3 hours or so. I hope somebody shows up that is interested.......actually I just hope somebody shows up!!

How's all this house stuff going???

Not too well, I'm sorry to say. Two couples came to the open house, about as expected since it wasn't advertised.

Not a single showing this past week. The flyers (front yard) are still going out 2-3 a day. We're trying not to get discouraged.

My house is also on the market, my Realtor told me that the flyers just keep people from calling him, It is better for the people to actualy talk to your realtor. Just what I was told. Also on Staging, I was told that it should not matter much as long as the place was clean. Do you think otherwise?

Bake some cinnamon bread when expecting someone to come & see it! It's supposed to work wonders, making it "home" in their brain.

I've done it when having strangers over to relax them.

Are other houses in your area selling? In this area....not all over the bayarea, houses sell within a week or so. A fixer upper in Concord owned by some extended family sold last week, it was put on the market for 8 days. A condo here in Antioch owned by friends sold on day 3, & they bought a house it's second day out.

I think most things just go faster out here. We talk fast & bustle all the time! We aren't known for our patience! :D

You'll get them sold.... I'm sure of it! :thumbsup:

My house is also on the market, my Realtor told me that the flyers just keep people from calling him, It is better for the people to actually talk to your realtor. Just what I was told. Also on Staging, I was told that it should not matter much as long as the place was clean. Do you think otherwise?


My feeling is that staging is essential and I've NEVER spoken to a realtor that thought differently. By removing all of the personal items (seen as clutter by a potential buyer) the rooms look larger. We rearranged furniture to maximize the space in each room and put 50-70% of our belongings in storage. There is a terrific TV show called "Sell This House" that shows what a little paint, storage, and rearranging can do to maximize space and light.

Selling time here is 60-75 days so I'm not worried....yet.
We are both anxious to get out of Austin and on with our lives in a new city. Just the thought of starting over and job hunting @ 56 is enough to drive me to Maalox!

"Bake some cinnamon bread when expecting someone to come & see it! It's supposed to work wonders, making it "home" in their brain.
I've done it when having strangers over to relax them."

Since there may be only 30 minutes notice before a realtor brings a customer over, there isn't really time for that. I put a drop or two of vanilla on the stove burner and it smells like someone has been cooking goodies.

"My house is also on the market, my Realtor told me that the flyers just keep people from calling him, It is better for the people to actualy talk to your realtor."

THAT would prompt me to get another realtor!! I realize that markets are different in different areas but that doesn't make sense to me.

You are driving along and see a house for sale......
Are you actually going to stop, find a pen & paper to write the address down or jump out and pick up a color flyer that gives all the essential information on that property including all contact info for the realtor, website for more pictures, etc?

I'll grab a flyer every time.

You've never seen a carpet rake?

nope!!! :lmao:

so no luck yet on the house???? :dunno: damn, the housing market down there sucks!!! :sorry:

nope!!! :lmao:

so no luck yet on the house???? :dunno: damn, the housing market down there sucks!!! :sorry:

Actually it's good. We just have to find the person/couple that likes this house.

anysia -

Behold! A carpet rake.......

We are both anxious to get out of Austin and on with our lives in a new city. Just the thought of starting over and job hunting @ 56 is enough to drive me to Maalox!

Why are you doing this? You mean you are selling and moving with no job in the new area yet? Wow - that takes a lot of guts!

What do you think you'll end up doing?

Why are you doing this? You mean you are selling and moving with no job in the new area yet? Wow - that takes a lot of guts!

No guts, no Glory!

We both want to move closer to the ocean. We're also quite tired of Austin's traffic, cost of living, and yuppie atmosphere.

What will I do? For a while I'll likely sell boats again. I'm very burned out on it due to the outrageous hours required but I can make some decent $$$. I'm trying to stay out of retail sales but it may be necessary for a while.

I have slowly been building an inventory of car detailing supplies and plan to go to that full time eventually. I'm doing it now in my driveway, got a Jeep Liberty to do tomorrow as a matter of fact. It will be a tough one.....it's only two years old but when I saw it I wondered if it had ever been washed or vacuumed!

Here we go again! Another open house this coming Sunday. The folks across the street have decided to sell also so we are coordinating an advertised open house for both homes! Your choice @ $169,900!

Princess - cross more toes please.

Revived this one from the dead.....and I'm sure few give a hoot.

The 1st company we signed up with turned out to be a turd.........only 14 visits in 4 months. FIRED!!!!

We started anew today, after many interviews, and it's on the market again.

Now that we are with a professional person and organization we feel much better about things.

All we ask is a fair price for this house so we can move on with our lives.

I've been wondering what's going on..... thanks for the update!!

Revived this one from the dead.....and I'm sure few give a hoot.

The 1st company we signed up with turned out to be a turd.........only 14 visits in 4 months. FIRED!!!!

We started anew today, after many interviews, and it's on the market again.

Now that we are with a professional person and organization we feel much better about things.

All we ask is a fair price for this house so we can move on with our lives.

you're trying to move to corpus christi, right? :)

Nope, Brownsville TX. after Rita does her thing!

FINALLY we are supposed to get an offer on the house within the next two days. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
It doesn't matter what it is , it means that they are seriously interested. It's about time!

HOOORRAAAAYYYYYY

Boy sure is different than around here, where houses are sold in a matter of DAYS. Some were only on the market for 3-5 days, some even less! :dunno: Hope everything goes smoothly.

Whew!! I hope it sells soon, it's getting hard to walk with these toes crossed for so long!! :yes:

Good luck Tex :thumbsup:

Just dont do what my greatgrandmother did when she sold her farm. Everytime a offer was made, she would go up on the price. She knew the land was wanted for a clap trap houseing development. Sure enough, drive by now and theres a houseing deveopment there.

The odd thing is a new owner would not have to do anything but move in. Everything is 100%, there's nothing to do except move in. Strange how it works in different areas of the country.

Whew!! I hope it sells soon, it's getting hard to walk with these toes crossed for so long!! :yes:


walking around on those crossed toes may be a contributing factor to those back problems!!! :nuts: maybe you should take a break?? :lmao:

anyway, good luck rtf!!!!! hope you get the house sold with the offer!!!! :banana:

We got an offer yesterday, not a great one, but an offer. I'll be taking the counter offer to the realtor this morning. We've had five showings in three days so things seem to be finally happening!! :yes:

good luck!! :thmsup:

Sending positive thoughts your way!!!

Um, never thought about the toes causing the back thing.....well, I can't stop now!

We are both:

They'll pay full price but want us to pay closing costs, etc. Not today bucko.

Just faxed of the counter proposal. They'll either counter again or drop it cold. We're not gonna take it in the shorts just to sell the place.

They'll pay full price but want us to pay closing costs, etc. Not today bucko.

Just faxed of the counter proposal. They'll either counter again or drop it cold. We're not gonna take it in the shorts just to sell the place.
hopefully they aren't like my ex and i were when we started looking. could afford the monthly payments and wanted to get in on a house at the time, but couldn't afford the closing costs without draining our account, so we made offers higher than what we would've otherwise and asked for the seller to pay closing costs. (eventually we found a loan that helped us in that regard instead, but we had also found a seller who was more than willing to pay the closing costs because we were not asking to do a home inspection or anything-had my dad do that instead of paying someone, so we knew exactly what the place was worth to us despite it's shortcomings.)

anywho, keeping my fingers crossed that they'll accept your counter offer! ;)

Good luck. Break a leg. Knock on wood. Toes still crossed. :thmsup:

We countered and they got within a grand so we told the realtor to write it up!! :banana:

In the meantime we can still take other offers, if there are any, so we're not tied into this one 100%. :)

Looks like we'll be in Brownsville for Christmas! I hope so! We are VERY ready to get on with our lives. :yes:

Might be saying :wave: before too long, they want in on Dec. 7.

Yayyy!!!!

It's not a sale until the money is in the bank but we remain hopeful. :deal:

congrats rtf!!!!! long overdue!!! hopefully you will be able to be all situated in a new home in plenty of time for xmas!!!!! :banana:

you may be moving at the same time stevel and i are!!! :nuts:

Two Kuel!

We won't be dealing with any snow, that's for sure!

:banana: yea!!!!! Maybe my back will get all better now that I can uncross my toes!!!!!

I hope there's a nice quick closing & you can get on with the holidays!! Have you already picked out the new place??

No, now we go hunt. We have a realtor where we're moving so it shouldn't take long.

Ah, you're so much more patient than I am! I would've had several picked out & probably watched others get them! :yes:

House hunting is fun!! Well, shopping is fun in most forms for me!! :D

We'll pick out a few from the internet and go look at them. Also our gal down south will likely have some new listings too.

No mercy........

The peeps, along with the house inspector, were to come by yesterday @ 3PM. NO SHOW!!

Both realtors, theirs and ours, said "WHAT????"
The "new owners" were incommunicado for the remainder of the day........WTF?

Maybe they found another house, who knows? Hopefully we'll find out something today. Our trip down south to house hunt may or may not happen depending on someone getting in touch with them. :furious:

They have already shown that common courtesy is not one of their attributes, today should be interesting to say the least!

That's so rude! I hope there's a good reason, not just a change of mind. Aren't they sort of locked in at this stage? If I remember right, here, there's a "good faith" thing you sign when bidding. :dunno:

yes, they should have that hand money/good faith money. if nothing else, if they back out now, you should be able to keep it....

Just got the call from our guy..........they decided that our house is in such good shape that there is no need for a physical inspection. Nice of them to let us know, eh?

Our realtor will confirm today that there is no problem with their loan, none is suspected but at this point we're on pins & needles.

Assuming all is kosher we head south tomorrow :banana: :banana: :banana:

WHEW!! (wiping sweat from his brow)

So they were flaking on the inspection, not on you? Still rude, but if it's still a deal.....all can be forgiven!

So what are you looking for in the next house?

woulda been nice for them to let the realtor know!! makes their offer more attratcive too if they woulda put that in it! (then they wouldn't come bakc negotiating more for a fix or more money off because fo something found during an inspection....)

Believe me there is absolutely nothing that has to be done to this house. We'll never find one in this good of shape down in the Valley.

So they were flaking on the inspection, not on you? Still rude, but if it's still a deal.....all can be forgiven!

So what are you looking for in the next house?

My sweetie has printed out about 15 from the internet which we'll go see this weekend in addition to what our realtor has to offer which will be on Monday.

Let's see........NO TWO STORY, old knees ain't what they used to be. 2000+ sq. ft. 3/2/2. Prefer 2nd hand because yard, trees, etc., will be established. We're too old to watch a sapling grow to maturity. Prefer something with a resaca (pond) in the backyard but those are rarely sold or snatched up immediately.

We both realize that compromise will be the order of the day so open minds prevail..........what's left of them after all this crapolla :)

Believe me there is absolutely nothing that has to be done to this house. We'll never find one in this good of shape down in the Valley.
inspectors will find something. they always do. friend sold a 3 year old townhouse, nothing wrong with it, inspector found a nice list and buyer insisted on everything being fixed or they'd back out fo the sale. :rolleyes: silly if you ask me. they picked on how the deck was attached (um, builder built it to code when the place was built 3 years prior.....). they picked on how a door didnt shut (dumb butt inspector didn't look at the fact she had an over door towel rack and that's why it was a snug fit to close it...) some weather stripping on garage door needed replaced according to inspector. etc, etc, etc. he picked on an outlet not being grounded properly. mind you, my friend had an inspection done when they bought the place a year earlier and none of this was found in their inspection.....:rolleyes:

It all depends on the individual I guess. In this market if an inspector gets a reputation for being "nit Picky" word gets around (realtors) and soon no one will use him/her.

Bingo! Out of business.

At least we don't have to deal with it now.

THIS house shouldn't have passed inspection! I bought knowing it was a fixer.... but sheesh! I'd planned it all being cosmetic. Instead we had to re-subfloor the master bath, do major plumbing stuff.....gut the front bath....

Here, there's no lisence for being a house inspector. :paranoid: You just hang a shingle & make business cars. Shane (our nephew) is one. He went through a school because he lived in NV & they do require a lisence. Then moved to CA & just had cards made. Now he's in ID & isn't doing it there.

I wanted 4 bedrooms, at least 2 baths, an RV pad, a fireplace & a familyroom when I was shopping for this one... that's what I got. Our first agent kept showing me 3 bedrooms, 1 bath....no fireplace, no RV pad.... So I did my own shopping & found this one. No regrets. It's not huge, but it had all my requirements plus the pool!

I love shopping....for anything!!! :yes:

Congrat's RTexasF & have fun shopping!!!

... Here, there's no lisence for being a house inspector. :paranoid: ...

True, but here in California, buyers are aided by laws requiring sellers to disclose considerable information about not only the condition of the house itself but also potential hazards to the house from floods, earthquakes, fires and the environment.

One advise that most Realtor's will inform the buyer if they want to hire a professional inspection, ... is to make sure that the person they use is a member of ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors). Inspectors who are members of ASHI must pass technical exams, meet specific standards of practice, and, as a condition of membership, are not permitted to do contracting work.

Phil

AS THE STOMACH TURNS------------

Nothing like living a soap opera. I asked our guy to check that ALL involved parties had their financing in order before we head em up southbound.

He called back and said that the people buying the house of the folks that want ours don't have everything 100% yet. Their money is coming from a pension fund and is not in hand yet.

Sooooooo we have contingency upon contingency upon contingency. It is supposed to all happen today so back to the pins & needles. I'm sure that it will all work out but we REALLY need confirmation today or tomorrow at the latest, in order to leave by Saturday anyway.

AS THE STOMACH TURNS------------

cute! :thmsup:

It'll all work out....it just HAS to!!

American Society of Home Inspectors

That's true.... I think he paid something like 3K for th exam & getting in the list. the test was less complex than the NV. He's not allowed to recommend anybody for repairs, not allowed to actually say "it's not up to code"....just advise they hire someone like an electrician, plumber, etc. I kept teasing about him recommending Jacob for the electrical repairs.... :lmao: He'd sternly say he's not allowed to... I knew that....I was just funnin'. :D

Our sellers weren't very truthful about this place...but it was a fixer-upper & we knew going in that we'd have a lot of work to do. I don't think there's anything original left! Technically the wood cabinets are the original ones, but they've all been stipped & redone.

I've been pricing property up by Redding....um, we'll see....

We hope so. It's 5:07 PM here......... still awaiting the call to confirm all is well.

No word at 9:30 CST. Time for this old boy to meander upstairs...Yaawwnnn.

I DO hope tomorrow morning brings a positive word so we can still boogie south

Nite nite...... :wave:

We decided to keep the faith and drive to Brownsville anyway so here we are!

Going house hunting in a bit, just filled up at the Exxon for, are you ready?, $1.93 for regular!!!!!!!!!

NOW you know why we want to move here :yes:

Whoa! Under 2 dollars!!! Lucky you!!!!

In south jersey it already hit below $2 a few weeks ago. Now that summer demand has cooled it will go down even more.

I may end up moving there. Home prices are cheap cheap cheap! $200k can get you a very nice 5 bedroom for which you'd easily pay $600k further north.

As we drove around looking at houses(some were God awful), I saw several stations @ $1.85 for regular! Hard to believe!

Hey brownsville is right on the border, right?

Correct! RIGHT on the border.

$200K here would get you a castle, moat, and guards. I wish we could swing that!

$200K here would get you a castle, moat, and guards. I wish we could swing that!

$200k in New York will get you an outhouse... Okay, it'll probably get you a condo if you look hard enough. The lowest priced houses I was looking at in Queens were around 350-400k. It's a real pain in the butt here. Most people I know are either working two jobs or are married with two incomes or had their homes a damn long time... One more reason to move out of here.

In NJ to get something for that price you have to go south. In NY to get something for that price you have to go upstate and commute 2 hours to work. I know one guy who commuted from WOODSTOCK to NYC every day. 3 hours each way wasted in commute time.

My mom in central FL paid $110k for her house and it's pretty nice. She lives 20 minutes from work. Hmm maybe it's time for me to move there.

The housing market is really insane now.

Living on the border can be fun I heard... When you get bored, head to Mexico and have some fun. :nuts:

My late friend Brian's last biking trip was to Mexico. :(

Found one we really like, two more to more to look at tomorrow. Unless the other two are killer we're going to make an offer tomorrow. Of course ours (Austin) hasn't closed yet but we remain hopeful.

We are going :banana: :banana: :banana:

why is everyone else below $2??????? what in the heck???? 2.24 here....

and that is not premium.

anyway, everything still going good with the buyers for yours rtf?? no more wierd flakey situations?? :dunno:

here 200k, well, maybe you could get a house, if you can find one. :lmao: or moving out to the middle of nowhere, or somewhere that FEELS like the middle of nowhere.....

now 300k.....



















ninebark.

Ready for this? The house we want ....they are asking $123,000. 3/2/2, huge yard, covered patio, 2200+ sq. ft. We're going to make our offer today.

This is contingent on ours closing on time which is Dec. 7th.

Drove down to the beach this morning - It's about 30 minutes away. The wind was 30+, that's why the picture is not extra sharp, it's blowing sand.

Ready for this? The house we want ....they are asking $123,000. 3/2/2, huge yard, covered patio, 2200+ sq. ft. We're going to make our offer today.

This is contingent on ours closing on time which is Dec. 7th.

I wish...I think I'm moving to Texas :notworthy

I wanna move to Texas too!!

If you move now you will have almost a year to find your own personal hurricane evacuation route!!

I1;)

Smarty aleck!

We offered $118K and it was accepted within an hour!!

Now if ours closes as it should we're fat city!
WOOT WOOT :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

If you move now you will have almost a year to find your own personal hurricane evacuation route!!

I1;)

Come on, hurricanes are cake...they even give you advanced warning!! Think about earthquakes man...lol

Makes no difference, if we sold our house here, we could buy a fortified fortress in Texas, so we'll be ready :nuts:

After living in tornado alley in Alabama for 10 years I'm not going to sweat the occassional hurricane.

Smarty aleck!

We offered $118K and it was accepted within an hour!!

Now if ours closes as it should we're fat city!
WOOT WOOT :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Good deal!!! Hopefully all goes as planned and the move goes well also. :thmsup:

I1 :)

ah, man..... I gotta cross my tired toes again?! :D

Best wishes on the houses....the one you're selling to close in record time & the one you're buying to be everything you want & then some!!

My
Selling time here is 60-75 days so I'm not worried....yet.


Holy cow, if that happened in the SF bay area, prices would fall 50% (you'd have to stack for-sale signs 30 high on each corner!)

It's amazing how many people are bailing out of the CA market to live the good life somewhere else.

Come on, hurricanes are cake...they even give you advanced warning!!

I can just imagine Benji strapping his house to his Accord and moving it out of state to avoid a hurricane... :lmao:

We have some folks coming to see the house tonight who know it's under contract. One of them has seen it already and is bringing his gal to see it.

What a shame if they were credit worthy, outbid the others (who are dragging their feet), and wanted it right now without a bunch of contingencies. ESPECIALLY since we've put money on a house down yonder.........

Be still my pounding heart!!

Poor Princess, her crossed toes have to be cramping by now! :lmao:

Well, my back felt better for a little while....I was sure everything was "in the bag" for you! Now here I am .... all crossed again!! :lmao:

I was sure everything was "in the bag" for you!

I know, I know. We are so GD tired of this we could just scream.

That's how pretty much everything worth having goes.... so the more hassle the better! :thmsup: If it went too smooth, you might second guess the decisions.

I was sure everything was "in the bag" for you!

I know, I know. We are so GD tired of this we could just scream.
i'm still keepin my fingers crossed for ya! when i write up my year end self-appraisal this week, i will have to remember that any time i felt like i wasn't learnign/accomplishing enough it was because it's hard to type with crossed fingers! :lmao:

Thank you ladies :notworthy

AS THE STOMACH TURNS PART TWO -

Cut to the chase........A couple came by this evening to view the house (second time for him) and made an offer. This is a REAL relief since it appears the first offer peeps can't get their house sold.........waaaay to much caca involved with them.

Get this, the offer by party #2 is $1000 higher than the first one and no house to sell. In other words no contingencies! Also it will yield another 1.5% to us if it flies! They will put a chunk down that should get the loan bought unless there was a repo last week.

We are ELATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks Princess, I know this is getting old........but not near as old as we're getting waiting for this house to close to somebody......anybody!!

no no no....not getting old....

one of THE most amazing things about the bunch here is how we've become part of each other's lives.... some good, some bad, some just nerve wracking! We feel for you!!

wow rtf, a back up is always great to have!! so can you go with this offer right now, or do you have to wait for the other to officially fall through?? and if so, how much longer do they have to close on the house before you can boot their offer and take the other one??

house buying/selling is so darn nerve wracking and it's the last thing you need now with your mama! :sorry:

Last night (Friday) we gave the first party three days to remove the contingency and buy the house. So now we sweat until Monday, Tuesday to be safe.

We want the second deal!!!!! It's mo betta.... :thumbsup:

How's the tummy & house doing now?????? :dunno:

The first couple removed their contingency the last few hours of the 3rd day. We're trying to confirm that they have the money and aren't just trying to buy some time but it's touchy.

In the meantime I've packed up most of the garage and we have moving estimators coming Mon. & Tues. We drove by the buyer's house today. The for sale sign was still in the yard but there was a POD in the driveway! We're going on faith at this point.

At the last second the house deal fell through. This is after moving, pest control, repairs, insulation, lawnsprinkler repair, gutter installation, cleaning, etc., etc., etc., was all arranged.

I could eat sh** with a big spoon right now. The good side is that the 2nd couple that want the house with $50K down and NO contingencies are still in the background.

Faith, Faith, go on faith.

Sheesh! I guess they should've had their financial ducks in a row first! Your home must have been dreamy to them to go for it without doing that! :thmsup:

OK, on to the second offer.... this one will be THE buyers. They want it enough to make a bid when they knew there was someone else... that's promising! :yes:

Actually they didn't drop the ball. The people that were buying their house did. Either way it stinks but may just turn out better in the long run.

We're really beginning to wonder if we're going to move at all this year. Deal 1 fell through now Deal 2 is beginning to weeble wobble. It it craters we're pulling the house off of the market and starting over next spring.

The worst part is that we'll have to cancel on the house down yonder and it will likely sell before we get another shot at it.

Boy O Boy.........we are just disgusted with this whole process. NEVER again!!!!!!!

After our two deals went south we were pretty bummed out. Yesterday we got another offer that is better than the previous two, not by much, but better. No contingencies to boot.

We're not jumping for joy yet but it's a damned sight better than being totally disgusted and ready to pull the house off the market until spring!

It would suit us just fine to be waaaay south of here and in our "new" house by Christmas. If we have basic furniture and 500 unpacked boxes to look at that's okay.

geez rtf, not having much luck huh?? :(

well, third time's a charm right??? :thmsup:

well, third time's a charm right??? :thmsup:


LOL. That's probably true. Hopefully. :lmao:

Whats your MLS # I am ALWAYS looking at investment properties. And I'm in the area...

Cedar Park MLS # 7798081- It is under contract currently but back ups are welcome.

Nice Home. But at the moment I am more interested in the Downtown/Hyde Park Market, it's BOOMING! I sold an investment property that I bought in 2001 for $84,000 at 290/I-35 for $165,000 last year! And I only spent 14g's fixing it up. What area are you looking into?

Nice Home. But at the moment I am more interested in the Downtown/Hyde Park Market, it's BOOMING! I sold an investment property that I bought in 2001 for $84,000 at 290/I-35 for $165,000 last year! And I only spent 14g's fixing it up.

My uncle's friend last year bought a house in AZ for $300K, this year it's up to $450K...my friend's dad 2 years ago bought THREE houses in Sacramento new neighborhood for avg $270K each, sold last year for about $450K each. :nuts:

Its a great business if you've got the cash upfront. I started with that house in 2001 and since I've bought and sold 6 properties.

What area are you looking into?

We're moving to Brownsville TX. Already have money down on a house there.

I assume you either work from home or in the area of your current/new house. Because that commute would kill me! Unless it was on MoPac or Loop 360. I-35 is a NIGHTMARE!

Hey, Hwy 183 ain't exactly easy street!

Other than detailing a few cars I've been on a 1 year sabbatical. New life/job begins when we get moved. Risk taker? You bet your a$$!!

What job? I'll know when I find one!

What do you know? We should be moving around Dec. 15, give or take a day.

Congrats!!!

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um, happy dance!!!

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um, happy dance!!!

uh, yeah, what princess said!!!! :lmao:
congrats, I know you're thrilled!!! :D

Here's the best picture I've EVER taken. Thank you all for the good wishes, and putting up with this sucky thread! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

I'll likely be off line for a while starting around the 15th +- a few days (they all breathe a sigh of relief) :thmsup:

Ah man, you made me cry...................... :boohoo: I'm ssssssooooo HAPPY for you!!!!

I think the lesson here is that the realtor that you choose makes a huge difference of how fast the house sells.

I think the lesson here is that the realtor that you choose makes a huge difference of how fast the house sells.

AMEN!

This is the last time online until we get down to the Rio Grande Valley and get set up with Road Runner. Hopefully that will be early next week. We'll only have a few other things to do!! :wavebye:

congrats rtf. :thmsup: have a safe move!!