House Buying Thread

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:18 am

I don't think anyone can predict that.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:16 am

Yeah, I figured someone would say that. Worth a shot

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:42 pm

Has anyone here ever listed and sold their own home? We're thinking this might be a good way to save that 5-6% and put it towards the more expensive homes in neighborhoods we'll be looking at this spring.

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:43 pm

I feel like that is not worth the potential savings. A good agent is worth their weight in gold both buying and selling IMO.

Postby **dodint** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:11 pm

I have done it. FSBO is great. Particularly in a hot market.

Postby **Beveridge** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:06 pm

I did it a month ago. Between Facebook and sign out front, I got about a dozen calls/messages and sold it within 2 weeks.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:39 pm

Yeah, it seems to be a good thing right now with the market being ridiculous. We don't have do anything until the spring, so I'm going to keep an eye on the market.

Postby **mac5155** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:45 pm

I listed and sold a house myself. It was a cash sale, but I still think I'd do it myself again.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:03 am

I feel like a realtor adds a lot less value for a seller than they would for a buyer. As a buyer I wouldn’t do it, but as a seller, its worth thinking about.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:56 pm

Yes, concur.

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:22 pm

I don't think anyone can predict that.

I would wager it's going to be more of the same, rather than better for the buyer. That's about all I got.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:37 pm

Nice fixer upper came up today down the road from me, 14 acres, large pole building, house needs completely gutted and is currently non-liveable. Looked at the listing. $300k... Lol.

Postby **Beveridge** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:31 am

First set was cancelled due to weather.
Second set is now cancelled because the crane that was to be used broke down earlier this week.

Turning into a bad sitcom at this point.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:33 pm

Say, what?

Postby **Beveridge** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:49 pm

Doing a modular. The pieces of the house have been here for going on 2 weeks now and two delays in using a crane to set the house on the foundation.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:05 pm

Ah, gotcha. Crane would be helpful, yeah.

Postby **mac5155** » Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:54 pm

We had friends who did a modular the same time we started building also. They were like "we need to do a modular so we're not homeless for longer than like 60 days" (they burned their singlewide trailer before putting in the modular). Started digging out foundations like a week apart and we moved in over a month before them lol.

Postby **Tomas** » Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:10 am

If Bloomberg says "Next Austin", I don't complain...

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... s-arkansas

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:26 am

@robbiestoupe: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/business ... index.html

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays.
"If you're on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off," Garg said on the call, a recording of which was viewed by CNN Business. "Your employment here is terminated effective immediately."

Yikes.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:35 am

Sucks for those employees to be let go near the holidays. Although it appears he knew something about them not working a full shift.

Postby **skullman80** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:37 am

Laying people off on a zoom call...wow.

In the artic he accused them of being lazy and only working two hours a day....wtf.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:38 am

I particularly liked this bit at the end:

Garg has been involved in controversy before, as evidenced by an email he sent to staff that was obtained by Forbes.

"You are TOO DAMN SLOW. You are a bunch of DUMB DOLPHINS... SO STOP IT. STOP IT. STOP IT RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE EMBARRASSING ME," he wrote.
The Daily Beast reported in August that one of Garg's most "loyal lieutenants" received massive perks, such as millions of dollars worth of stock options that could be vested immediately, not comparable to other employees. That person was later placed on administrative leave for bullying.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:40 am

Haha, idiots. Sounds like a bunch of Wall Street frat boys

Postby **count2infinity** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:21 am

Missed opportunity here...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/906- ... 1827_zpid/

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:27 am

Missed opportunity here...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/906- ... 1827_zpid/

A few red flags I'd say

Known to locals as "The Glass House,"
Pick one of the 5 natural gas fireplaces
Cooling: None
With a little TLC, the possibilities are NOT far fetched
Property sold As-Is