What's upsetting you today? - Page 187

Clodfobble · 10-29-2008, 02:29 PM

Well, unless it was listed at like $(X+3)95k or something, where your offer just totally crushed all their hopes and dreams, I'd guess that taking it off the market had nothing to do with your offer, Pie. Maybe somebody lost a job, or found a job, or one of the kids suddenly has to move back home...

But anyway, why do you think you won't find another suitable place for over 2 months? Around here you can't throw a dead cat without hitting a house for sale... and people needing to sell during the holidays are usually of the more-motivated variety too.

glatt · 10-29-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Well, we lost the house. We made an offer of $X95k, and instead of coming back with $(X+1)10K or somesuch, they took it off the market. What the hell? So, we're stuck in apartment hell till past the holidays, at best.

crazy. You would think that if they were serious about selling, they would negotiate a little. Especially if they knew they had a serious offer.

Pie · 10-29-2008, 02:36 PM

It was listed at $(X+1)30k. We did shave $35k off their asking price, but they hadn't had a price reduction since July. And the market's been pretty shitty recently.

Oddly enough, there isn't much on the market that's any good. Most people seem to be waiting it out till spring for the new listings; what's out here is mostly left-overs that didn't sell for specific reason.

I'll now stop my whining. There's not much wrong with my life that a good, swift kick in the pants wouldn't cure.

lookout123 · 10-29-2008, 02:40 PM

It's quite possible that your offer would take them into short sale territory. A) They aren't mentally prepared for that, B) They are but haven't done the legwork to prepare for a shortsale, which takes 90-180 days.

Pie · 10-29-2008, 03:05 PM

Yabbut, wouldn't they (sanely) make a counter-offer that puts them in the black? Who walks away from a cash offer without even negotiating??

lookout123 · 10-29-2008, 03:09 PM

I don't know what is happening there, just offering a possibility. To start a shortsale process they have to have an offer of some sort. The person who actually makes that initial offer is rarely the one who buys the house later because the process is so long. They may be taking the offer to the bank saying, "see this is what we can sell it for" and then their negotiations begin.

Just a possibility. of course, they could just be stupid, too.

Chocolatl · 10-29-2008, 03:16 PM

Sorry about the house, Pie.

Dana, thankfully my eczema isn't that bad and is limited mostly to my hands. Every now and again I get a bad breakout and put off going to the dermatologist, but I think I'll have to follow your example and go in to get some medication or else I won't make it through the winter. Glad to hear you're feeling better!

glatt · 10-29-2008, 03:19 PM

Yeah, you don't often know what people are doing behind their back as they represent something else to you. Years ago, I was trying to rent an awesome house with a bunch of guys. It was going to be a great place for a bunch of single guys right out of college to live. Almost a mansion. Not cheap, but we could swing it. The agent was all excited with our application and that we all had good credit, jobs and could pay the rent, and the day after we signed the application, they decided not to rent the house but to sell it instead.

I think they were using us as some sort of bargaining chip to get a reluctant buyer to commit.

Cicero · 10-31-2008, 01:34 PM

The breast exam did not go well. At all. Plbbbt. In fact, it went worse than I thought possible.

classicman · 10-31-2008, 01:46 PM

It's probably nothing - ya know just like monsters kid with the murmor... just cautious butt-covering. Hang tight.

Cicero · 10-31-2008, 03:15 PM

It's just rich that someone scared the hell out of me on Halloween. Awesome. That's the spirit! Quite! lol! JFC.

lumberjim · 10-31-2008, 04:17 PM

so.....what happened?

Pie · 11-04-2008, 09:40 AM

Bump. Cic, what's going on?

dar512 · 11-04-2008, 10:14 AM

Layoffs yesterday. Some good people gone.

dar512 · 11-04-2008, 10:18 AM

What's the rest of the story, Cic?

10-29-2008, 02:29 PM	#2791
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, unless it was listed at like $(X+3)95k or something, where your offer just totally crushed all their hopes and dreams, I'd guess that taking it off the market had nothing to do with your offer, Pie. Maybe somebody lost a job, or found a job, or one of the kids suddenly has to move back home... But anyway, why do you think you won't find another suitable place for over 2 months? Around here you can't throw a dead cat without hitting a house for sale... and people needing to sell during the holidays are usually of the more-motivated variety too. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-29-2008, 02:36 PM	#2793
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	It was listed at $(X+1)30k. We did shave $35k off their asking price, but they hadn't had a price reduction since July. And the market's been pretty shitty recently. Oddly enough, there isn't much on the market that's any good. Most people seem to be waiting it out till spring for the new listings; what's out here is mostly left-overs that didn't sell for specific reason. I'll now stop my whining. There's not much wrong with my life that a good, swift kick in the pants wouldn't cure. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-29-2008, 02:40 PM	#2794
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	It's quite possible that your offer would take them into short sale territory. A) They aren't mentally prepared for that, B) They are but haven't done the legwork to prepare for a shortsale, which takes 90-180 days. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-29-2008, 03:05 PM	#2795
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yabbut, wouldn't they (sanely) make a counter-offer that puts them in the black? Who walks away from a cash offer without even negotiating?? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-29-2008, 03:09 PM	#2796
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I don't know what is happening there, just offering a possibility. To start a shortsale process they have to have an offer of some sort. The person who actually makes that initial offer is rarely the one who buys the house later because the process is so long. They may be taking the offer to the bank saying, "see this is what we can sell it for" and then their negotiations begin. Just a possibility. of course, they could just be stupid, too. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-29-2008, 03:16 PM	#2797
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Sorry about the house, Pie. Dana, thankfully my eczema isn't that bad and is limited mostly to my hands. Every now and again I get a bad breakout and put off going to the dermatologist, but I think I'll have to follow your example and go in to get some medication or else I won't make it through the winter. Glad to hear you're feeling better!

10-29-2008, 03:19 PM	#2798
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, you don't often know what people are doing behind their back as they represent something else to you. Years ago, I was trying to rent an awesome house with a bunch of guys. It was going to be a great place for a bunch of single guys right out of college to live. Almost a mansion. Not cheap, but we could swing it. The agent was all excited with our application and that we all had good credit, jobs and could pay the rent, and the day after we signed the application, they decided not to rent the house but to sell it instead. I think they were using us as some sort of bargaining chip to get a reluctant buyer to commit.

10-31-2008, 01:34 PM	#2799
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	The breast exam did not go well. At all. Plbbbt. In fact, it went worse than I thought possible. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 10-31-2008 at 01:41 PM.

10-31-2008, 01:46 PM	#2800
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	It's probably nothing - ya know just like monsters kid with the murmor... just cautious butt-covering. Hang tight. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-31-2008, 03:15 PM	#2801
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	It's just rich that someone scared the hell out of me on Halloween. Awesome. That's the spirit! Quite! lol! JFC. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-31-2008, 04:17 PM	#2802
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	so.....what happened? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-04-2008, 09:40 AM	#2803
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Bump. Cic, what's going on? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

11-04-2008, 10:14 AM	#2804
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Layoffs yesterday. Some good people gone. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-04-2008, 10:18 AM	#2805
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	What's the rest of the story, Cic? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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