[audio-pals] Re: Update
- From: "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:33:45 -0400
Well, she knows our criteria. She knows what we are looking for between the
110,000 and 140,000 range. There is no reason she should be showing us houses
that are 164,000. Just for some reference for the rest of the world 160,000
could easily be a 200,000 plus home in another part of the country. Here though
it is the upper end houses. Of course there are houses here that would cost a
person millions of dollars, but for the most part about 160,000 is the starting
range for upper end houses. I know why she is doing that, if she can get us
hooked on a more expensive house then she will make her commission from the
houseeven if we get upside down in the house. However, cost of living is
lower here. The 160,000 homes have been between 2000 sq. ft. and 2600 sq. ft.
In my opinion she should be showing us all the houses she possibly can in the
110,000 and 140,000 range. Without putting in our criteria there were 996
houses that popped up in the Knoxville area. So, the fact that we have looked
at 20 or more houses does not mean that all of them she has shown us are
affordable. Therefore the ones that are not affordable get excluded from her
count. She has mentioned that she can recommend someone for a home inspection.
We have done our best to provide her with a criteria that is all inclusive. We
will evaluate the house on it’s own criteria, but if it is missing a lot of the
major criteria points that we have given her then we might as well move on to
the next house because I can promise her that the one that she is showing us
will not be the one if this is the case. I just came across two that are split
foyers and one is in the area where we began, just a different house. The other
is closer to everything we do on a regular basis, but it has an above ground
pool. The above ground pool is not a deal breaker as it can be taken down, but
if we do end up keeping it then I have heard pools are a lot of work. One of
Amanda’s co-workers looked at over 40 houses before they found their house.
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On Behalf Of BethAnn LaPresta (Redacted sender "bela28_02@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:09 PM
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Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Update
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 :)
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From: Josh < <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailto:audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 6:20 PM
Subject: [audio-pals] Update
Well, I 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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