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04-23-2008, 10:58 AM
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Exploring
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Brunswick, Maine
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Originally Posted by lovemaine
Isn't that the truth! Even though I don't post that much, a lot of the people on this forum are in my thoughts quite often. Now if all of us future Mainers could just get there already!  |
I second that!  Great post. |
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04-23-2008, 03:42 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maine
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This may be a good sign of an upturning market.
Yahoo! Personal Finance (broken link)
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04-23-2008, 05:31 PM
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Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Sarah!
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God's Country, Maine
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If your not too fussy...
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Originally Posted by Elcarim
This may be a good sign of an upturning market.
Yahoo! Personal Finance (broken link)
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..there are real estate deals out there!
I already know people wheeling and dealing. In Dover-Foxcroft, one fellow bought a house with 11 acres for around $50k from the bank. Bank had over a hundred in it. He just closed and the new for sale sign went up today!
There is a listing in Dover for a house with 5 acres for under $50k. There are deals around. Not like the old bubbles with the waterfrontage though. Greater Dover and surrounding towns seem to have a lot of stock right now.
I refuse to believe all the doom and gloom out there. I expect a good sales season with the tourists to! |
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04-23-2008, 07:20 PM
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Corinth, ME homeowner
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Corinth, ME
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmyankee
..there are real estate deals out there!
I already know people wheeling and dealing. In Dover-Foxcroft, one fellow bought a house with 11 acres for around $50k from the bank. Bank had over a hundred in it. He just closed and the new for sale sign went up today!
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Was that one sold at auction recently? With "eau de skunk" at the kitchen door?? If so I was at that auction.
Unfortunately we can't go that high without owner financing. We can get a loan for 75% but only have 8k to put down ... and only on stick built at that. which limits the options.
We are looking also at affordable bare land and a hard row to hoe from there... but it would beat this trailer park all hollow. I don't cotton to living in a sea of gravel, barking chained up dogs and audible domestic disputes not to mention paying for the privilege! LOL but it was a place to land in the winter and now it is time to move on. SOON I hope. |
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04-24-2008, 05:06 PM
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Still Dreaming
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Carefree, AZ
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Good luck Starwalker. I know you'll find your spot! I enjoy following your journey |
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04-24-2008, 07:42 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maine
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Star, with determination (I know you have) and true grit (I know you have) you WILL find your personal piece of earth soon! I'm positive!! |
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04-24-2008, 07:48 PM
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Don't Panic
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"Not bad, not bad at all..."
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Arlington Virginia
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Best Wishes and Good Luck to you Starwalker. There is so much change in the credit market and crazy changing housing prices, I'm sure there is one, a special opportunity for you. I hope you have some good friends and knowledgeable sources to find it. It's there! |
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04-24-2008, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maine
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Our update for the day was a note from our agent saying the lookers we had this week just made an offer on a trailer house that was half the price of ours, which told all we need to know! I wish they'd do more pre-qualifying before wasting our time and energy! 
(No, ours is not a trailer - maybe we should wish it were!) |
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04-24-2008, 08:55 PM
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"status" from Dale Carnegie
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: a step from New Brunswick...
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very frustrating El.....keep your chin up! |
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04-24-2008, 09:11 PM
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Waiting Impatiently to Move Home
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elcarim
Our update for the day was a note from our agent saying the lookers we had this week just made an offer on a trailer house that was half the price of ours, which told all we need to know! I wish they'd do more pre-qualifying before wasting our time and energy!
(No, ours is not a trailer - maybe we should wish it were!) |
Good grief El, why were they even looking at your place? Just nosy? Wishful thinking?? You can insist, I think, that your agent only bring qualified buyers to your home. |
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