Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[IceFyre13th]

today I get to go to use my age for this........





yes....double nickles....and


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k[/ame]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by IceFyre13th

today I get to go to use my age for this........


yes....double nickles....and

CONGRATULATIONS - you made it this far -

Now, mend your ways (and you know what I'm talken about) OR that shit will kill you or get you killed!


old humfrz has spoke.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Besides moving sucks, so no rush.

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but moving is like selling a car. once i decide to do it, i just want it to be over with.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My wife and I have been very down. We had a buyer for our house, but they suddenly became way over demanding and unreasonable. We had to cancel sale. We are back on the market, but taking the time off we lost momentum. We had to cancel the deal on the house we wanted in Idaho to get our earnest money back. We feel awful wasting 2 months of other people's time. We are so stressed out, and down. That and I'm busy fixing stuff on our home report. So far, my retirement sucks.

Don't worry, the right buyer will come. its just a waiting game, I have in the past put my property on the market and at the same time moved into the new location (rented/bought).


Empty properties are easier to sell as the new buyer is seeing a blank canvas. And, places you in a better place as you're no longer in a chain.


Don't get down, be happy as your current home deserves a better home maker.... Enjoy your retirement.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I'm sorry. If it means anything, we lost our favorite house to a higher bidder. A year later a realtor invited us to see a house that had just come onto the market. We put an offer on it without even visiting. It was the same place. Now we own it.

Mrs. Ultra told me that story one morning.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I also wholly agree with Humfrz. Sell your current home. Move to Idaho. Rent a place month to month. Buy when you find the perfect spot. Also, no contingencies when selling.

Yep, that is plan "B". We decided a while back if this house falls thru, no more house shopping until we get there. Cost me $700 just to fly out and check it out.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by JD001

Empty properties are easier to sell as the new buyer is seeing a blank canvas. And, places you in a better place as you're no longer in a chain.

while you do have a point, statistics and reality has shown me that this is not entirely true. and why house-staging companies even exist. few people have the imagination to envision what a house would look like with stuffs in the room.

i've spent 45 agonizing minutes holding up a 30 pound hanging light fixture so people could decide if it matches the rest of the room because they lacked the imagination to decide that in the lighting store. this has happened a few dozen times to me(even more times, i'll install a fixture and they'll request us to remove/change it later because it didn't match anything). that was a fun extra expense to have to explain to the boss and the customer.

[Sapphireho]

Finally getting my headliner fixed monday.

Picked up my last check at work yesterday. Don't know why, but they always have your final check hard check. Last time I plan on ever being on that campus.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Finally getting my headliner fixed monday.

Picked up my last check at work yesterday. Don't know why, but they always have your final check hard check. Last time I plan on ever being on that campus.

headliners are really not too terrible to replace on your own. but of course a lotus is different than a ranger.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

headliners are really not too terrible to replace on your own. but of course a lotus is different than a ranger.

I don't mind having a shop do it. It is tiny enough, and the top comes off. Easy job for a pro. I wouldn't know what I was doing. Worth a couple hundred bucks to have it done right.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

while you do have a point, statistics and reality has shown me that this is not entirely true. and why house-staging companies even exist. few people have the imagination to envision what a house would look like with stuffs in the room.

i've spent 45 agonizing minutes holding up a 30 pound hanging light fixture so people could decide if it matches the rest of the room because they lacked the imagination to decide that in the lighting store. this has happened a few dozen times to me(even more times, i'll install a fixture and they'll request us to remove/change it later because it didn't match anything). that was a fun extra expense to have to explain to the boss and the customer.

I reckon that depends -

Back in the day, as a real estate broker, I would rather have sold an empty house, as opposed to an occupied house -


humfrz

[ScoobsMcGee]

You know that you've been shopping for wheels and tires for too long when you start to notice the fitment on passing fire trucks.

[Ultramaroon]

Waiting to evaluate @Tcoat's triggerment.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Mrs. Ultra told me that story one morning.

Boy am I glad I've been around long enough to get the context of that one...