[thechat] House Hunting Blues

[William Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Luther, Ron" <Ron.Luther at compaq.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: [thechat] House Hunting Blues


> [snip]
>
> We've 'come close' on a couple of them.  How do you 'come close' on a
house?
> Maybe by walking through, agreeing that everything is wonderful - the
> location, quality, room sizes, layout - and then hearing a noise ... a
noise
> you eventually determine is the current owner's fax machine printing out
an
> offer - an offer for $5K more than their asking price!  Maybe by having a
> house come on the market on Saturday, start a buyer bidding frenzy on
> Sunday, sign a contract on Monday, and you see it on Tuesday.  *#%^!

or alternately seeing the house you really want on Monday, getting a site
survey done on Tuesday morning, and putting in an offer on Tuesday
afternoon, only to discover that someone put in an accepted offer 30 minutes
before you :(

luckily I got this house http://neuro.wasters.com/pics/2001/05/house/ sorted
not too long after.

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