Ronstar
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Congrats Ha! Sounds like there's a lot of cool places nearby to occupy your time when you're not rowing.
More importantly, would we all fit?Does the condo come with a spare bedroom?
More importantly, would we all fit?
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Party at haha's - "The FIRE Crashers!"
More fun if we don't fit...More importantly, would we all fit?
A few minor last minute issues came up, but we were able to resolve them with a small price discount by the seller, and a smaller commission give-up by the broker. So we will close on time, this week. The giveups wipe out my closing costs.
The broker told me frankly that sellers are difficult to work with because they feel that their house or condo is truly worth what it might have sold for in 2007 at the top of the market, and anyone who offers less and then has the gall to make other demands is nothing but a bottom feeder and an ingrate. I see the sellers POV, but I don't agree with it as it might pertain to my house buy. To me, reality is that if this place was clearly worth more than what I offered and seller agree to, it would have been sold long ago for that price.
To the broker I said, it must be hard for you to try to hold all this together. She replied true, but not so much compared to having 4 or 5 contracts-of-sale crap out for every one that closes. This broker's reality quotient is far above other realtors' that I have been in contact with during my searches. I feel lucky to have found her.
Funny thing is that this week, friends sold a place at a profit, that they bought in 2007. It sold in 2 weeks from listing.
The real estate market is very interesting, and clearly full of intense personal feelings. I will be kind of hard up for drama after we close.
Ha
More importantly, would we all fit?
The real estate market is very interesting, and clearly full of intense personal feelings. I will be kind of hard up for drama after we close.
Ha
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The real estate market is very interesting, and clearly full of intense personal feelings. I will be kind of hard up for drama after we close.
Ha
I think I will have to live there for a while before I can answer this personal part. The neighborhood is more urban than my current one, and the street is noisier. OTOH the apartment is quite a bit bigger, and in some ways nicer though it is from a more recent era and lacks some "charm" relative to the old brick building I live in now.But... did you get a steal? Yeah I know... you paid a fair market driven price. But are you thrilled with the new digs and the price you paid?