[audio-pals] Re: Update
- From: "BethAnn LaPresta" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "bela28_02@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:08:49 +0000 (UTC)
Well, you knew I'd have to weigh in now that you're looking seriously at buying
a home. First, 20 homes is a lot, that's true. Remember that your agent won't
make a dime until whatever you buy actually closes. That's a lot of time and
money up front with no guarantee of payment. Now, if you and Amanda have told
her what you were interested in with some detail, she should not be showing you
20 homes (unless you need a really low price range, which makes everything
harder and faster -- as you're finding out).
Also, when you do make an offer, remember it's worth it to get a home
inspection and make sure your agent makes the sale contingent on that. It's a
little bit of money, but SO worth it. Also, investigate on your own a home
inspector, not necessarily someone your agent recommends.
Have fun and good luck!!! Let us know how it goes :)
From: Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 6:20 PM
Subject: [audio-pals] Update
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put it at the bottom of the introduction to Neesie, but her in the last week we
have been inches away from placing an offer on two different houses. The first
one my dad kind of steered us away from it because the foundation was almost on
the ground this house sat so low to the ground. Most houses have at least a 2
ft. clearance around here and this one my dad could not have even gotten under
the house on his stomach. So, that put the vents that are under the house close
to the ground as well, when it rains the likelihood of it going into the vents
is high and we do not want water under the house. It seemed like a beautiful
home though otherwise. The part I liked most about it was the log cabin style
sun room that was on the back of the house. In addition to the low foundation
it also had so many trees in the yard that it prevented any grass from growing
where the ground was clear in the backyard. So, both times we went outside we
brought mud back in with us. I still to this day would love to have been able
to in good conscience put an offer on the house. However, the headaches that
are likely to occur with this home are not worth it. I know this will be a
shocker to hear, but my real estate agent and I exchanged words over this house
*LOL*. She was being pretty insistent on us buying this house, she said we are
makinga mistake. She kept saying we are making a mistake. I told her well then
I guess we are making a mistake. She said I have shown you all 20 houses and
this one you all loved. I felt like telling her that this is a clear example of
why love at first sight is not lasting *LOL*. However, I did not. What I did
tell her since she wanted to throw up the fact that she has shown us 20 houses
was yes she has shown us 20 houses, but I cannot figure out why out of 20
houses she has shown us we have only been excited about and ready to put an
offer on 1. I told her out of all the houses in Knoxville I cannot imagine that
the house she is insisting that we buy is the only one that we will like in
Knoxville. The next time we saw her she was more on the ball than she had been
being. In fact always in the pat she has said about any questions we have I
will find out for you when I get back to the office. However, last night she
made calls and got answers for us before we left. She was a lot more sociable
last night as well. I think she knows that she was very close to losing out on
some money and even mor concerned about the bad advertisement it could cause
for her. I ended the phone call with her by telling her that I understand that
she is getting tired, but she knows our criteria and we are going to continue
looking. The house last night was almost 20,000 less than the house that she
was pushing on us. We loved a lot about the house. However, Amanda and I did
not feel like this one was the one. One of the major things that concerned me
was the fact there was no attic and there was no basement. The layout was nice
though. It had a huge deck and French doors that opened up onto it from the
master. It also had French doors that opened up from the dining room onto the
deck. However, there was cracks all throughout the house and our real estate
agent told me today before we decided to place an offer on the house that she
noticed a crack on the foundation in a few different places. My dad said that
could be remedied, but I do not know how much of a headache that is going to
be. So, foundational problems kocked it out of the considerations. It
wassitting on flat land right across the street from the elementary school so
that was really nice. If the offer that has been placed on it falls through
then we may go back and consider it later once we have some time to think about
it. So, that is where we are in the house buying journey. It seems as though
everyone wants a rancher because we have had several that we have set up to go
and look at only to have the agent call us back and tell us that it has sold or
pending sell.
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