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you can’t “un-see†things
Try a hypnotist. Find one that is NOT also a realtor or you may be hypnotized into something regrettable. ;)
Personally, I don't care how unattractive the Realtor is, as long as they don't try to outright swindle/defraud me. I'd take a honest Realtor who looks like Helen Thomas any day over a dishonest one who looks like Carmen Elektra.
That said, this is my idea of an ideal agent:
Can we please replace the thread graphics with Harm's image above? Christ!
Please hide the thread graphics. I am going to need therapy.
:lol: Sorry, Peter P. If you squint then quickly scroll down to comments, it's not so bad.
My gods, I come back to check the thread and there's this abomination staring me in the face. It may not be as bad as goatse, but please please make the bad man go away.
Ok, ok, I removed the offending graphic above and replaced it with HARM's dream agent. For those who still care to see it, but don't want it on the front-page:
HARM Says:
I still think s/he/it’s SOOOOOO pretty!
Dude, You're a sick, sick man!
Ok, ok, I removed the offending graphic and replaced it with HARM’s dream agent.
Still... having... difficulty... breathing.....
Come the day I actually buy a house, maybe I'll use the abomination graphic to conceptualize the owners that I'm negotiating with. Demonizing the opposition is useful in any conflict.
Having that James-Bond-Babe as my buyers agent would be useful; any offer from her is going to sound very enticing.
I guess that explains SP's original question; charismatic negotiators have an extra edge. Perhaps after months of polishing POS properties into "cozy gem in the rough" listings, realtors have an inflated sense of their own attractiveness.
One of my friends put in an offer of the asking price for a SFR house on the Peninsula that came on the market on Friday.
And immediately he was outbid by 5%. Ouch. It's still 2005 in some neighborhoods on the Penn.
And immediately he was outbid by 5%. Ouch. It’s still 2005 in some neighborhoods on the Penn.
It meant nothing.
I was looking at a townhouse in the good part of Sunnyvale earlier this year before MSM bubble coverage. It dropped its price twice with no takers. Then it dropped a little bit more and it started a bidding war!
If someone puts a crappy condo in EPA for $1, it may be sold for forty million percent over asking.
Most people bid only if it is cheap and nice. Such a house is likely to be "reasonably" priced for the "market". Of course, they will have company.
It was ~$7xxk
Fortunately, there price wars like this:
http://www.burbed.com/2006/10/16/fairoaks-war-gets-worse-now-its-a-3-way/
It seems to me that the South Bay is getting hit harder than the Penn.
It was ~$7xxk
7XXK for a SFR on the Penn.? Is it a 1950 2/1 "bungalow"?
@eburbed,
The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?
The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?
For less than 500K you can get a much-newer unit at Compass Place (Arcadia Ter). I used to rent a condo there, it is not too bad. (At least they were built as condos with individual garages.)
Hey,
Has anyone else noticed on the (current) thread graphic, her patch says, "Estate Agent 69," and I can't quite make it out, but I think her button says, "Make an Offer."
7XXK for a SFR on the Penn.? Is it a 1950 2/1 “bungalow�
Is there any other? Pretty good views of the Bay though. :)
The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?
Not sure - though I don't believe so.
I am not very interested in buying wooden common-interest structures that are older than 15 years.
http://www.mlslistings.com/common/search/propertyResults.asp?type=property&page=1&open=0
The condos above have been reducing their prices. Some of the units are still listed at $550k, but two of the 2br have come down under $500k - the two that are under $500k were previously listed at $535k and $565k(?). These units are in a pretty decent part of Cupertino.
Recent comps:
20680 Celeste $572k 6/15/06
20692 Celeste $560k 4/26/06
@SFWoman,
It's ironic this doofus is the editor of smartmoney.com
What a dumbass.
@SFWoman, loved it, Are there areas at risk? Yes. I'm buying a home, not a property, so my time horizon for growing the value of my real estate is long.
Remember it's not a house, it's a home! ahahahahahahhahahahahahaahahha
I think we should go all mainland Chinese on these morons, a bullet in the back of the head with the bill for said bullet going to the next of kin.
One sad development is that mainland china is slowly moving towards lethal injection from firing squab.
Peter P, man I laughed out loud, firing squab Man, that's funny, especially given your encyclopedic food knowledge.
Oops. I guess this is not as serious as the nuclear detergent in the context of MAD.
@HITB,
You jest, but you're not too far off:
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15care.html
On the other hand, china and much of asia has a very high prevalence of Hepatitis B. You may not want to take your chances there...
@SFWoman,
I'm not a liver/GI specialist, but my understanding is that reinfection can happen and is a real concern. Transplant patients are immunized for HepB, and this is more or less effective, despite immunosupression they receive to prevent rejection. Hep C, on the other hand, is nastier and almost always reinfects the new liver no matter what you do.
*not medical advice*
For a little change, has anyone thought to have a thread about rentals? What factors influence rents like rent control, cost basis / mortgage of the landlord, taxes, maint. etc.. Why didn't all property owners try to cash out like so many condo conversions?
Well, just test the organ for Hep A and Hep B. And TB if you intend to smoke yourself into lung cancer or emphysema.
How does one buy a liver anyhow? I get buying a kidney or even buying eyeballs, but how the heck does one buy a liver (unless you're planning on buying from the Chinese death row).
Professionally antiqued leather exterior, two tone faux finish upstairs and extra cushions available. Comes with a soon to be off-lease Lexus.
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I just got a calendar from the completely useless woman who pretended to be a buyer's agent when we bought our house. Every month has a cliche' landscape photograph - but whatever meager uplifting value this may have had is now ruined with an inset of the idiot realtwhore. This same pest has in the past sent utterly useless magnets plastered with her face, and a cheap and possibly toxic coffee mug in an attempt to generate repeat business and (gawd-help-me) referrals.
Why do realtors believe that a cheesy, touched-up perma-grin photograph has any sort of marketing value - especially when theirs is a face that launched a thousand quips ? If they really wanted their card to get your attention, shouldn't they instead photoshop a picture of Angelina Jolie (or Jake Gyllenhaal, depending on your... ah... persuasion)?
Feel free to comment and/or publish links to examples of this particular strain of vanity.
SP
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