Wendy, That realtor didn't know who he was dealing with. He evidently came there w/a plan to get you to lower the price. He may have had clients that were interested, but wanted to purchase your home at a far lower price. I'm so glad you listened, but were aware of your options.
Good for you! You caught some great sales! Now's the time to purchase all of those wonderful summer clothes and Macy's has been having some great sales. It's even more fun when you have coupons and gift cards to use because then you aren't out of pocket as much for the expense.
You crack me up about your yard sales. You always have great success w/them. I hope the next one is a huge success and you are able to off load a lot of stuff.
Take care.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
OK, Wen, so obviously you feel a 30% reduction would be way too low - but also, obviously, your asking price WAS too high or it would have sold by now. (Homes in my neighborhood, btw, ARE down 30% from their pre-crash levels, despite some recovery in our housing market).
Are you not listing the house now? Or are you looking for a new realtor to list it with?
That is the big problem. I live in a unique neighborhood, there aren't any true comps. All that have sold in the past 18 months are older, smaller, no view, not updated.
I just emptied out my storage unit back into my house and my son and wife and granddaughters who moved to Texas left behind a mountain of junk. I am working on sorting out the mess and letting X pick the realtor this time. And he can also be in charge of all the details that go along with that.
Currently the house is listed on Zillow as for sale by owner. And has been getting as many views as the old realtor was claiming to have brought in with her "Marketing" plan. Interesting.
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
What is the Zillow estimate for your house value? I know it may not be correct because of the poor comps, but if it's way below your asking price, you need to address that in your marketing.
You need to get some comps from outside your neighborhood then - similar homes in slightly different areas, perhaps?
Of course, if you are way overbuilt for your area, you may not get all the value out of your house.
I just checked. The value on Zillow is higher than the realtor said. Between what I think and what the realtor thinks. My house is one of the larger, nicer homes. But right kitty corner behind my house is a grand home: 13,000 sf on 4 acres. Mine is 4,600 sf on 1 acre. A different realtor sent me a bigger area of comps, and my house was the lowest price per square foot. I think the multi-level throws people off. I love it.
Work has been stressful. We are a 3 man office, being run by 2 women for the past 2 months. We really need our 3rd person back!
After work tonight I met a nice guy. Two actually.....that SUP is a man magnet.
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
Price it 10% below where you think it should be and see what happens.
I/We have sold several homes and that's always worked for us. When we've sold we've wanted to sell and we've always made money. A couple of the homes have been unique. The problem with unique is you have to find a unique buyer.
For the right price an ordinary buyer can become unique.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss
I neglected to say that last night while paddling I stopped at the far beach for a drink of water, I was parched. I don't normally pull up to that beach. The one guy I had arranged to meet for the first time ran up to me calling my name, he was so excited to meet me, (Nice guy). Funny he found me at the wrong beach.
Them while we were paddling my BFF gave me a lecture about letting my son and X run all over me. Her main point was that I am stuck and not moving forward. She is right and I was out there paddling and crying. Pretty emotional.
I got off the water ahead of her, she does an extra lap. I was rinsing my stuff, I thought the new guy was meeting me there. And out of the blue an amazing man started a conversation with me and made sure I knew when he was going to be out on his SUP again. He was so connecting with me. Dang. Suddenly I'm seeing the feast being offered.
Anyway, my ego feels a little better. My heart is still a little beat up.
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
Honestly I Think I WoUld Cuss Him Out Everyday, Make Him Super Miserable So He Would Pack His $&_! And Get Out. He Caused This, He Should Be Miserable, Not You, You Did Nothing Wrong.
Today I need to vent! I met the guy who met me at the beach the first time the other night for a second date. We were supposed to picnic at the beach. He was supposed to bring a bottle of wine, me the food. I brought the food, he didn't bring anything. He said he had a headache and couldn't drink wine. When I asked what we should drink he suggested we could kiss a lot and generate saliva. (I can't make this stuff up.) I walked down to the beach cabana/bathroom and got him a water and myself a soda out of the machine.
During our meal conversation he was nice enough to talk to. Did talk about his X and a previous GF a lot. Then he told me all about how colonel's wives are bitches. I am not sure what his point was. (I reminded him I am an ex-colonels wife, which I have no doubt he didn't forget, he saw the sticker on my car.)
The next night he texted me a few times, and never called. Last night I got weird texts asking me why I hadn't called when I got off work, and what was I doing, was I out with a different boyfriend. He said I talked to him the previous night and we had made plans. I looked at my smart phone carefully. (In case I has ambien-dialed.) there were no messages or phone calls.
He sent me another text saying he had forwarded me the text that he says I sent saying I would call. I don't know to whom he sent it, but it wasn't me. So I'm pretty sure he is confusing me with someone else.
So to boil it down, this guy is way past my 1 strike you are out rule. So far I'm getting needy, controlling, thoughtless and forgetful. He is fun to talk to, but not enough to outweigh all the other stuff. Comedy!
I'm off to SUP. I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Aloha,
Wendy
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
