Archive for June, 2006
Monday, June 12th, 2006
I wrote before here about how new construction neighborhoods get inundated by all types of businesses trying to sell you their product. I've had landscapers, people with rocks, pest control, window blinds, water softner and interior design people come knock on my door.
It turns out that I hired a landscaper ...
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
Well now that I decided to rent instead of buying a house I'll just have to wait as the days on market keep climbing.
However, my friend told me that he was able to get a new construction home from a builder at a greatly reduced price. Sometimes a builder will ...
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
I want to thank REI Link for sending me this article below from the AZ Republic about stubborn sellers. This article pretty much summarizes the Phoenix market and my experience this past week confirms it. I wonder if articles like these will help the current sellers out there realize that ...
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Saturday, June 10th, 2006
My realtor doesn't have a good feeling about SFH#1. I don't either. I put about a 75% chance in closing for this house.
I turned on the gas last Wednesday and I was able to turn on the water heater. However I couldn't get the furnace to kick in, I think ...
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Friday, June 9th, 2006
I went back to my posts and tried to name or number the houses that I've made offers on. I realized it was probably very confusing without any type of identifiers.
This morning I went to see the Maya house (HO#4) that we inadvertently verbally offered $360k for. The house was ...
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Thursday, June 8th, 2006
Well that letter along with my counter on the 'ugly painted house' (HO#3) apparently did not work. The selling realtor did show it to his clients. They basically said "you are in the wrong ballpark". I'm gonna track this house to see what it eventually sells for if it does ...
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
I received three counteroffers. Two I've pretty much decided are not going to happen. However with this one I think I may have a small chance in getting.
The house (HO#3):
2300 sf, 4br, 2ba, 2ca garage, pool
Asking $400k, claiming its listed at $30k below market, reduced from $425k to $400K.
Has been ...
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