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Anyone have lots of experience buying houses? It's effing stressful.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Dec 3 '18, 09:25

I'm usually pretty good with buying something like a car (know what I want to pay, offer that, and if they don't like it walk away).

With houses, I guess we could do the same type of thing, but there seems to be a lot more back-and-forth. And it's for a lot more money.

*stress*

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the west coast leads the nation, right now the market hit a plattou, greed meets reality, 10% of listings have reduced prices -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 10:17
The difference is you know you can go somewhere else and get a car. If you miss out on a house that you love, you may never get in that neighborhood. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 3, 09:56 5
- This was us. The market was so hot, people were getting offers <24 hours. You had to pay over list if you wanted the house. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 3, 10:04 3
  - This is kind of what is happening with us. Stuff is going off market so quickly. - JaxSean Dec 3, 10:09 2
    - We bought in a hot market, but we ended up limiting ourselves to houses that had been on the market >2 weeks. -- nm - psilotum Dec 3, 10:16
    - We made an offer on the house we bought within 24 hours of it being listed. Sold our house that way too. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 3, 10:14
- Very true as well. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 3, 09:57
Once is enough for me. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Dec 3, 09:47
Generally speaking, sites like Zillow should show you (and your realtor should also) comparable houses to the one you are buying. Especially around - oblique Dec 3, 09:43 3
- We want to pay below what Zillow is showing, so... - JaxSean Dec 3, 09:56 1
  - So... good luck! -- nm - Roger More Dec 3, 09:57
- Also recognize that sites like Zillow are not perfect - Strongbad Dec 3, 09:46
Hire a good realtor and trust them. - Strongbad Dec 3, 09:30 12
- also hire a good property inspector. lots of stuff can be wrong with a house that you can't see without a deep dive -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 10:06 4
  - Good inspectors are hard to find in my experience. Also, keep in mind that even good inspectors can only dig so deep. If you really wanted to know - pmb Dec 3, 11:51
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 3, 10:07 2
    - especially in Florida. sink holes, termites, old people... -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 10:24 1
      - (floods) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 3, 11:47
- Yeah, I think I kind of trust the two that are helping us, but they need to make money, too. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 3, 09:38 1
  - Oh, they will. -- nm - Spawn Dec 3, 09:43
- But how do you know they're good? In the past several months I have met numerous adults who fail at being adults. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 09:37 4
  - attractive female, big signs on bus stops/buses -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 09:55 1
    - One local realtor looks like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. I'm definitely buying through him. -- nm - Roger More Dec 3, 09:57
  - references -- nm - psilotum Dec 3, 09:38 1
    - This. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 3, 09:42
lol -- nm - Spawn Dec 3, 09:25

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