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I knew it was going too smoothly...
Dec. 22nd, 2009 11:13 pmOkay. Offers in on four houses. One person's saying "You're offering what you think our house is worth; we think it's worth more," and I'm saying "actually, I *offered* what I thought it was worth, but my estimate has dropped. G'bye now, good luck selling that house, it's really not that bad."
So, offers in on three houses.
No word on one.
A counter of "you want closing costs? Fine, we'll bump up the price a bit and split them."
But, the house is going as-is, and it probably needs work. And, one of the things it needs is a roof, which, hey, don't all the best roofing projects start in winter? Uh, yeah.
Final house: scribbles on the financial paperwork. Who the heck scribbles on financial paperwork? And asks if we can maybe close by EOY when EOY is less than 10 days away, and I was asking to close 1/15/10?
This is the aggravating thing. The final house is a slight favorite over the next best. But I don't trust the final house's selling agent all that much any more.
Does anyone out there in LJ-land know an ace home inspector? Because if you can't trust the seller (and it's an estate sale, so there's no compulsion to supply the list of "stuff that we know that's not so hot about the house") then we need to be doubly sure of the inspection.
So, offers in on three houses.
No word on one.
A counter of "you want closing costs? Fine, we'll bump up the price a bit and split them."
But, the house is going as-is, and it probably needs work. And, one of the things it needs is a roof, which, hey, don't all the best roofing projects start in winter? Uh, yeah.
Final house: scribbles on the financial paperwork. Who the heck scribbles on financial paperwork? And asks if we can maybe close by EOY when EOY is less than 10 days away, and I was asking to close 1/15/10?
This is the aggravating thing. The final house is a slight favorite over the next best. But I don't trust the final house's selling agent all that much any more.
Does anyone out there in LJ-land know an ace home inspector? Because if you can't trust the seller (and it's an estate sale, so there's no compulsion to supply the list of "stuff that we know that's not so hot about the house") then we need to be doubly sure of the inspection.
