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Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Originally Posted by southbound_295
Ani & Jack, my house is going on the market in about a week. I'm lucky because it's' an older house & investors have already started coming into my neghborhood. I did part of the work on the place, & will list it "as is", a flag to investors. I'm lowballing the price. The realtor has several investors & a buyer lined up waiting. A bidding war is expected. Will I make less money? Yup, but it will move quickly.
Update......
I signed to put the house on the market last Tuesdy & Saturday the realtor put it into best & final. Yesterday (Sunday) it ended with me getting $500 over the asking price.
This is not for everybody. I'm getting "enough" to move on quickly. It's an older house (circa 1950) & I paid off the mortgage long ago.
I signed to put the house on the market last Tuesdy & Saturday the realtor put it into best & final. Yesterday (Sunday) it ended with me getting $500 over the asking price.
This is not for everybody. I'm getting "enough" to move on quickly. It's an older house (circa 1950) & I paid off the mortgage long ago.
southbound_295 - Congratulations! Hurry on down, but fill up with the cheap Jersey gas when you do!
If you don't do the flooring will that allow you to price below comparable homes?
The flooring isn't really optional. The stuff that's down now is walnut colored wood parquet and wasn't in good shape when we moved in. 3 years of Golden Retrievers have put it over the edge, unfortunately.
Also, we are competing to some extent with newer construction just a few miles in each direction. Beautiful homes that are about 3-5 yrs old.
Now, this house is in a more established neighborhood with mature landscaping, and we have a gorgeous backyard with a pool and fenced in garden with greenspace behind.
But other than that, I think it might be a tough one to sell. I guess we just have to let it all play out and see what happens!
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Originally Posted by ssull
The flooring isn't really optional. The stuff that's down now is walnut colored wood parquet and wasn't in good shape when we moved in. 3 years of Golden Retrievers have put it over the edge, unfortunately.
Also, we are competing to some extent with newer construction just a few miles in each direction. Beautiful homes that are about 3-5 yrs old.
Now, this house is in a more established neighborhood with mature landscaping, and we have a gorgeous backyard with a pool and fenced in garden with greenspace behind.
But other than that, I think it might be a tough one to sell. I guess we just have to let it all play out and see what happens!
ETA: congrats on listing your home and good luck!
Thanks, My house is under contract.
I'm just wondering, if you don't replace the flooring, take that cost off your asking price, & sell it "as is", would that help sell it quicker? Of course you'll have idiots put in ridiculously low bids, but they'd do it anyway. You'll just get more of them.
I signed to put the house on the market last Tuesdy & Saturday the realtor put it into best & final. Yesterday (Sunday) it ended with me getting $500 over the asking price.
This is not for everybody. I'm getting "enough" to move on quickly. It's an older house (circa 1950) & I paid off the mortgage long ago.
It's 10:17 pm I don't have a big fancy house either...and though I like to sell the big fancy ones I sell plenty of ones like mine as well
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