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RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

shaner — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:52:00 GMT

okay, we must be jinxed or something!!! We had another person come by & love our place. She told our realtor she was going home that night to think about what price she wanted to put in as an offer. Well, the next morning our realtor got an email from the lady saying she wouldn't be going through with the offer. Why do people keep doing this to us!!! jeez!!! We've lowered our price again last week. Think we might go talk to the bank & see how low we can go & still get the place we want. (the place we tried to get with the subject to sale of our place--which obviously didn't work out) is still available!!! We want it soooooooooo bad!! If our stinkin place would just sell we might actually still be able to get the place we love!!!! argh!!!!

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

lovemrk — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:19:35 GMT

[quote][b]shaner (8/5/2008)[/b][hr]no kidding!!! we haven't had anyone come by for 5 weeks!!!!!!!!! So much for moving during summer.... :([/quote]

Shaner, I am so sorry to hear that you are going through all of this but I would seriously consider getting a new real estate agent. Sending you "selling" vibes. Good luck sweetie!

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

shaner — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:58:54 GMT

no kidding!!! we haven't had anyone come by for 5 weeks!!!!!!!!! So much for moving during summer.... :(

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July7Bride — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:01:41 GMT

I'm sorry to hear you weren't able to get an extension. Hopefully your condo will sell soon and then you and your DH can purchase another townhouse.

My friend has been trying to sell her house for the past 5 months with no luck. It's such a frustrating market.

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

shaner — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:51:46 GMT

we asked for an extension & they said no. :(

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

jazzb18 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:17:14 GMT

Can you get an extension on the sale of your condo? I've heard of this being done before...

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

balloongrl — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:10:50 GMT

we were afraid of this happening to us so we are selling our house before we even go looking at other places. we're putting in a 60-90 day possession clause so that we have time to look for another house. I just couldn't live with the stress of hoping my home sells in time and every day that goes by would be agony - heck! it already is :w00t:

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

Rikke — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:38:41 GMT

[quote][b]shaner (7/17/2008)[/b][hr]i passed the staging idea by DH already....he doesnt think we need it . whatever sells baby!

we know we're a bit high, but we need so much to get a townhouse. we can go a bit lower, but not a ton. The bank is giving us a lot lower mortgage bacause im on mat. leave. we are using dh's cousin as our realtor (which i think makes it a bit more difficult).

rikke, i am in cloverdale![/quote]

Maybe that's the problem. Sometimes when you're using the product or services of someone you know, they don't work as hard as they would for a "regular" customer.

I'm going to PM you :)

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chulie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:49 GMT

[quote][b]shaner (7/17/2008)[/b][hr]i passed the staging idea by DH already....he doesnt think we need it . whatever sells baby!

rikke, i am in cloverdale![/quote]STAGING is everything!!!! honestly...it is amazing how it changes peoples perception of things...even things as simple as...if you have a hall linen closet..fill it half full with towels..they did a study where they invited people to a house with the closets full and people commented on how small they were...then they staged them properly and showed them half full and people thought they were roomy........sooo...TRUST me..staging helps....also...staging is something your realtor should be doing..he should be in charge of that..our realtor has a "stager" he sends in the stage peoples homes for them...this isnt something that should be an option your husband can veto..this is somethign your agent should be saying is a must.....maybe the agent is an issue?

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

shaner — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:42:51 GMT

i passed the staging idea by DH already....he doesnt think we need it . whatever sells baby!

rikke, i am in cloverdale!

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Soon2bMrsP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:45:48 GMT

I was just going to say the same thing.. I know your realestate agent helped you out in the past but if they can't sell your home perhaps you have to replace them? Maybe go with a more agressive company?

Maybe you are asking too much since everyone seems to love the house?

Yikes, I dont know... everything will work out in the end I am sure of it.. but that is hard to hear right now :-(

RE: Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

Rikke — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:00:06 GMT

Oh honey, I'm sorry. (((huggles))). Whereabouts is your condo? My cousin is a real estate agent in Cloverdale/Langley. Maybe she could suggest a staging company or something to help you sell it.

Vent! Why does this keep happening!?!?

shaner — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:50 GMT

So I just need to vent a little here. Let me start from last year when DH & I bought a brand new, not even built yet, townhouse that was to be ready this past February. We were so excited, we would go & check it out every so often to see the progress & see what would be our baby's room, etc. We listed our condo & it didn't sell in time for us to take possession of the new townhouse. We would've been dinged big time from teh bank with refinancing charges & would've had to pay mortgage payments on both our condo & townhouse until the condo sold. I am on mat. leave & we just couldn't do it. We had to cancel our contract for the townhouse & luckily with the awesome help of our realtor, got our down payment back in full!

So fast forward a bit. We had taken our condo off the market & decided to do some upgrades. We put in granite counters in kitchen, new floor, new appliances, painted every room in condo (except laundry room). It looks great! So, we list again about 6 weeks ago. Just for fun we decide to go look at these new townhouses that we saw on the MLS. Well, sh*t were they ever nice!!! We fell in love with one, it's exactly what we're looking for & more! It's almost 1700 sq. feet, granite in kitchen & bathrooms, laminate on main, ceramic tile in bathrooms, 3 bed, 3 bath. w/flex room in basement, double side by side garage, 3 decks!!!, the most gorgeous ensuite in master bedroom. I couldn't wait to get into that tub!! It was PERFECT to say the least. So, bad kids we are, we put in an offer with the subject to the sale of our place. (thinking it was going to sell after all of the work we put into it).

Well, on the second day after we listed it, a lady came and saw it...loved it. She came back again the next day & wrote up an offer that night......only to freeze before they even presented it to us!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!! Apparently she's recently widowed & isn't ready to sell her house!!! Inthe first few weeks we had a few people come through & everyone comments on how well our place shows & how nice our place is. (but nobody buys it!) Well, here we are now the day before our subject to sell offer is to expire. Obviously we are not going to sell our place today. I am sooooooooooooo bummed to say the least !!!!! Why does this keep happening to us?!?? Why can't we live in a nice home that we love??? Jeez, i know everything happens for a reason, but we're trying to figure out what that might be. It's so frustrating!!! We never would've put in another offer if we didn't feel totally confident that our place would sell in time. I would'nt have set myself up for that disappointment again!!!!! I just wanted to sell our place & get settled in our new place before I go back to work from mat. leave. Is that asking too much!!! grrrrrrrrrrr.......I hate real estate!!!!!!!!!!!!

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