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The men's houses were more expensive. That extra appreciation could be offset by higher holding/ownership costs such as taxes, insurance, maintenance, and interest.
Men are just better investors as a whole. From Wall Street to rural auctions, all dominated by men.
I'm no real estate agent but have bought and sold four homes so far. Women go through a home with a laser focus on everything chrome clad. Nice kitchen, nice counters, clean tub, facet handles, floors, light fixtures, outside plants, porch swing, etc. Pretty much everything that doesn't cost all that much to replace. Men bee line it to the basement, to the attack, looking at foundations, piping, wiring, roofing, water marks, support beams, insect damage, septic area, etc. Pretty much everything that would substantially curve a home price.
Getting a deal isn't about negotiating down in price but paying a good price. There is a difference.
House 1 might be worth 500,000 realistically and put on the market for 560,000.
House 2 might be worth 500,000 realistically and put on the market for 510,000.
House 1 sells for 510,000.
House 2 sells for 490,000.
House buyer 1 negotiated down 50,000! but really didn't get a deal.
House buyer 2 only negotiated down 20,000 but got the better deal.
Like when a woman says she bought something on sale. No...you didn't buy it on sale, you paid fair market value. It was just marked down from its inflated mark up!
Men are just better investors as a whole. From Wall Street to rural auctions, all dominated by men.
I'm no real estate agent but have bought and sold four homes so far. Women go through a home with a laser focus on everything chrome clad. Nice kitchen, nice counters, clean tub, facet handles, floors, light fixtures, outside plants, porch swing, etc. Pretty much everything that doesn't cost all that much to replace. Men bee line it to the basement, to the attack, looking at foundations, piping, wiring, roofing, water marks, support beams, insect damage, septic area, etc. Pretty much everything that would substantially curve a home price.
Getting a deal isn't about negotiating down in price but paying a good price. There is a difference.
House 1 might be worth 500,000 realistically and put on the market for 560,000.
House 2 might be worth 500,000 realistically and put on the market for 510,000.
House 1 sells for 510,000.
House 2 sells for 490,000.
House buyer 1 negotiated down 50,000! but really didn't get a deal.
House buyer 2 only negotiated down 20,000 but got the better deal.
Like when a woman says she bought something on sale. No...you didn't buy it on sale, you paid fair market value. It was just marked down from its inflated mark up!
Men see the worth, women see the savings.
From Wall Street generalizing women tend to be better investors than men.
Hmmm. I believe it's because men are more likely to save their cash while women are likely to spend it. That's the reason for the gap. Men are savers for the future and women are spenders for the now.
Hmmm. I believe it's because men are more likely to save their cash while women are likely to spend it. That's the reason for the gap. Men are savers for the future and women are spenders for the now.
Nice generalization. I'm much more frugal than my husband, which is why I manage our household income.
I don't know how you do it! Between ovulation and menstruation, I really don't have time to worry about "man" things like a budget or negotiating.
And buying a new living room suite every other year, too, I'm sure.
Men save their cash for the future, yeah, right! The new sports car and motorcycle and ski gear and expensive mountain bike and Lord knows whatever else is cluttering up my single male neighbor's garage is "saving for the future" in the previous poster's fantasy only.
I'm no real estate agent but have bought and sold four homes so far. Women go through a home with a laser focus on everything chrome clad. Nice kitchen, nice counters, clean tub, facet handles, floors, light fixtures, outside plants, porch swing, etc. Pretty much everything that doesn't cost all that much to replace. Men bee line it to the basement, to the attack, looking at foundations, piping, wiring, roofing, water marks, support beams, insect damage, septic area, etc. Pretty much everything that would substantially curve a home price.
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Like when a woman says she bought something on sale. No...you didn't buy it on sale, you paid fair market value. It was just marked down from its inflated mark up!
Men see the worth, women see the savings.
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Hmmm. I believe it's because men are more likely to save their cash while women are likely to spend it. That's the reason for the gap. Men are savers for the future and women are spenders for the now.
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Hmmm. I believe it's because men are more likely to save their cash while women are likely to spend it. That's the reason for the gap. Men are savers for the future and women are spenders for the now.
Here are some big male egos, trying to say men are superior to women shoppers, and home buyers. Boy are they wrong. Ask any old time salesman working with the public, and you will get the truth. I am male, and was in sales working with the public my entire life up to retiring. I spent from 1972 till I retired, in investment real estate brokerage. I and a lot of other long time salesmen/saleswomen will tell you, that women are the hard ones to sell anything to. If a couple comes to you to show them any product from a simple chair, to a large fancy home, you pitched the product to the woman, as she is way harder to sell to than the man and will be the ultimate decision maker. Men are the easy sale, it is women that actually control the purse strings in a couples relationship.
I spent all my life working with the public in Sales. Looking at the posts by some men that seem to think that men are better shoppers, negotiators, investors, speaking how much smarter shoppers men are, how they look at details, etc. more than men, are making jokes. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
This home has a septic. You'll never have to pay another sewer bill in your life!
"Wonderful! Why don't all homes have septics?"
Ah...well, it's kind of new technology
----> typical woman buyer
me <----going to hell
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