Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
When the seller came back with a $370,000 counter and a short sale contingency. I wrote an email to the realtor explaining why the counter did not make sense to me. If we had to do a short sale anyway, why not start as low as possible and then come up? The ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
This is a post in response to CAT's comment about tiling a backsplash with granite countertops.
Here is the granite countertop with a tumbled marble backsplash that was installed in my kitchen remodel on my first home back in 2002. I decided not to install the 4" granite backsplash. You can ...
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
It's amazing how tiling a kitchen backsplash totally changes the look of a kitchen. The tile immediately boosts the look of a plain kitchen and turns it into a higher end looking one. Even if your appliances and countertops remain the same, the tile captures the eyes of a casual ...
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
I had a discussion with a friend about networth compared to the reality of actually being able to use that money. Our discussion centered around how much money do you think you have and how much can you really use?
If I had $1,000,000 in equity in my real estate holdings I guess I could consider myself ...
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
I got a counter to my offer placed this past Friday. The house was listed around $420,000. I put my offer in at $350,000 and the seller came back with a $370,000 counter which is contingent on the bank accepting a short sale. I don't have any experience with doing ...
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
One of my St. George, UT lots closed today. That's one down and one to go. Owning these lots has been a difficult learning experience for me. When the numbers and dollars are all settled I'm estimating about a $15,000 loss this lot. Obviously if I had to do this ...
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
I really didn't make a long list of goals for 2006 in my post last December.
My goals are to sell my 2 lots and my 2 condos.
I ultimately achieved this goal. I was able to sell my condos back in April at the height of the market. However, selling the ...
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