Real Estate Needs to GET REAL!
Ya know….
If one more person comes up to me and says….”So-n-So had to GIVE their house away in order to sell it!” I am going to scream!
Why does this annoy me so?
Well….my house is for sale. It’s been for sale for a little over a year. And you know what?
I’m not going to GIVE IT AWAY!!
So all you housing market experts and smart mouth real estate agents that are out there advising their buyers to start out with an offer of 70%-50% of the asking price can ease up! That’s crazy!! Nutty!!
Just SHUT UP! May low-ball kharma come back at you and smack you upside the head!
Those of us trying to sell our homes….our decent homes that are truly worth what we’re asking for are getting fed up. Just because “Mr. Can’t Get a Loan” isn’t able to buy a home in the price range that ’said’ house is in - doesn’t mean ’said’ house has to reduce the price.
It means “Mr. Can’t Get a Loan” needs to shop in a lower price range!! Or RENT!
I realize that the economy is bad and that the housing market is bad….
Wait….I take that back. I “assume” the housing market and economy is bad because
bad news is being shoved down our throats every day. Oh the gas prices, oh the energy crisis, the ozone layer, the polar ice caps, the war, the election, foreclosures on the rise, food prices up because of the gas prices, layoffs, downsizing….
::Breathe::
Ya think maybe hearing this crap every day is kind of depressing for people??
Stop it. Just stop it! You’re spreading bad ju ju and it’s pissing me off.
Who am I to say anything? Pollyana?? Maybe.
I refuse to sit around and have a pity party every day because some doofus on the news says things are BAAAAAAAAD. Things are REAL bad. Things are low-down dirty bad. Bad to the bone…..so bad, made ‘your momma bad’ BAD!
People…we have the power to change this.
We CAN make things better.
For starters we can stop feeling like the world is ending. That gets us nowhere.
Now granted….my house may NEVER sell. I don’t care. Whatever - I’m over it. I’m lucky in the respect that I don’t HAVE to sell my house. But I guarantee you if it DOES sell - it will be damn close to my asking price. As a matter of fact….it’s public info when it sells….so you’ll know.
Side Note: All you “creepers” (that’s what I call the people that drive by my house looking at it because it’s for sale), make a damn showing appointment, come in and see it. BUT know that my asking price, is the price. Take your tire kickin booty somewhere else if that’s your game plan. And if you do come look….and I’ve cleaned my house for you to come and look - don’t even think about coughing up some fur ball of a low offer. And tell your Realtor he (or she) is an idiot for advising you to make a crappy offer, look in a price range you can’t buy in and for not having you get qualified at a bank before you started looking.
But even if I HAD to sell, or I did one of those crazy, kooky non-conventional “gimme an ARM” or a leg, or a pinky, a toe or whatever loans - I promise you…life would go on. Me and the kids and my husband might have to live in my Mom’s basement 551 miles away….but we’d carry on.
It’s not about the house, the economy, the news or whatever.
It’s about TODAY.
Can you see the good in today?
I promise you it’s there.
Tune out the crap. I know it’s coming at us daily. It’s like having a dodge ball team on your back.
::Smack::
Bad News!
::Smack::
Bad News!
Granted….maybe I’m being a little harsh to real estate agents. But dang - 50%-70% of the asking price?? You’re telling your buyers to START there? Again…I say….Are you sure you have your buyer in the right price range?? Are they qualified by a bank already?
Maybe it’s not the agents. Maybe it’s the buyers?
Doesn’t matter.
Get your ducks in a row. Stop trying to screw people out of their houses. Make a decent offer, and for Godsakes….know if you can even get a loan.
This isn’t magic fairy land. You can’t expect someone with a $300,000 house to sell it to you for $150,000?? Now….I am sure there are instances where someone does sell for 50% of the asking price. But come on….it’s not the norm.
So….
Let me just sum this up.
Bad News People - Stop spewing your negative chi and put a friggin smile on your face.
Real Estate Agents - We all know you need to make a sale, but eventually you’re going to have a mob of sellers chasing you with pitch forks if you keep giving out this low ball mentality advice.
Buyers - Have you talked to the bank? Can you get a loan? Do you understand houses for sale aren’t the same as houses on a garden tour? It’s not for your entertainment. People live in these houses. If you’re not serious, don’t have any money or just can’t get a loan - STOP looking.
Creepers - Stop creeping by my house. Either make a showing appointment or go away.
There will be no tea sandwiches and lemonade at my house waiting for you. EVER. There is no unannounced house-giveaway. My house is FOR SALE. The price will not change.
SELLERS - Don’t lower your price. (Those in desperate situations….my sympathies - you gotta do what ya gotta do!) If you get a low ball offer, pick up the phone and call the Realtor representing the buyer PERSONALLY and ask them to put the dang CRACK PIPE DOWN!
And all of us….everyone last one of us. There is a sparkle of good today. It’s there. It may not be a winning lotto ticket, a cure for an illness, an end to the war or something of that
magnitude. BUT…it could simply….very simply…. be a child’s smile, a hug from a neighbor or just a chance to sit in the dappled sun and rest a spell.
There is good in this world.
It ain’t all bad. At least not ‘low-down dirty bad’ anyway.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:05 pm
LMAO
If I can just say how much I relate to what you’ve said.
Just today we got an offer on our home for $232,000. You know how much we have it on the market for? $315,000!!!
And $315,000 is already a reduced price.
I’m digging in my heels! I will not give my house away.
Seller Power!
OH yeah! LOL
Jen