Counter-Offer

OK. the sellers came up with a counter offer and they're nuts. They only want to come down 2K from the price and not help with closing costs and not do a damn thing to help improve the property. Like put back in the cook stove or water heater, etc.

They're full of themselves. Our broker thinks our offer was a fine offer and they should have taken it. Out-of-Staters are coming in and driving up the market. Which I can sympathize with—but we’re out-of-staters who came here because we thought we might be able to afford something because we sure as #$&% can’t afford anything in California.

We’re not going with their offer. We may counter offer with even less money and demand that t hey fix everything! I called the great place for sale in Abiquiu, unfortunately it is under contract. But the woman said “you know how these things go” and took our number and sounded genuinely sorry she did not sell it to us. She promised to come by and see the gallery.

Our broker said “yes, you certainly can take the loan approval and shop around” so we’ll see what we can find out there. I’m totally pissed at those people for being so full of themselves. Fine. That place can just sit on the market for another year and a half. Being on the High Road is a cool thing but it is certainly not essential to one’s art career.

You know what I’m thinking about doing? Going back to school to get my own real estate license for New Mexico. I’d probably enjoy it. Well, except for dealing with people like these clueless morons.

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scribbles (2007-06-16)
Goodness! No cookstove or waterheater and they did not take your bid? That is $2K right there to replace. At least you get to pick out the product though. You can say, hey, no stove or water heater, reduce the price to our bid or we walk. Make sure you know when your approval expires on a loan. Because our house was not finished on time, we had to jump through hoops a few times and renew our loan rate which was low compared to the date we were on and it was higher.

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