After a ton of work getting the house ready I put it up for sale a bit over a week ago. Only two people visited it (other than drive-bys) but one made an offer that I accepted
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I am living with my wonderful girlfriend in San Antonio whom I am crazy about. There are no fixed plans for the future but there is a world of opportunity.
Congrats! All that sort of big financial stuff seems a big unpleasant hassle to me. I'd say consider yourself lucky you got it resolved so quickly; much more pleasant and quick than my house-selling experiences.
Yeah, everyone seems to have a horror story about selling their house. Kim and I put a lot of time and money into fixing it up and making it look good. Maybe I could have gotten an extra $5000 (either in asking price, negotiation, or by not repainting / recarpeting) but is it worth the risk and hassle?
It WAS stressful but at least it was just 3 weeks of "I have a lot of work to do" stress and not 3 months of "I hope my house gets sold" stress.
Home-purchasingtoddderscheidAugust 13 2004, 18:35:30 UTC
I've never sold a place, but we bought a house (FSBO!) from a college prof. who taught real-estate classes. A great experience, all around-he wasn't really in a hurry, and I think we both got what we wanted. My wife and I also talked to an agent, and she gave us, well, crap. I think we were not very high on her priority list, since we weren't buying as big a house as most of her other people. .03 * 70K isn't the same as .03 * 450K.
We ended up finding our house by walking around in a neighborhood we wanted to live in. --- The most important part of any sale is forgiving yourself any minor errors. You can't correct what you did in the past, so just do it a little differently next time.
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It WAS stressful but at least it was just 3 weeks of "I have a lot of work to do" stress and not 3 months of "I hope my house gets sold" stress.
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We ended up finding our house by walking around in a neighborhood we wanted to live in.
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The most important part of any sale is forgiving yourself any minor errors. You can't correct what you did in the past, so just do it a little differently next time.
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