by aliag follow (0)
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If you want reassurance I think you need to get a little more specific about the house, and the offer you made. If youre saying you offered 200k less than what they wanted, and this is nyc, (I live in the bronx by the way), I could see how the realtor might not even bother responding to that offer. I know most people just love to bash realtors on here, and many times with good reason, but there are also plenty of buyers and sellers who are also morons at times.
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(I just drank a pear cider (*hic*) so I apologize in advance, but...)
Part One: I have been waiting, patiently, saving up my 20%. I've been good. I've played by the rules. I made an offer on a house. Four weeks ago. The realtor isn't returning my calls. (Ok, so it was a lowball-- but lord have mercy-- I am not buying "potential"... I am spending the next 30 years of my husband's working life on a roof and some windows and some walls that haven't been painted in a hundred years, as far as I can tell... and do not tell me that it is a legal two family-- the second kitchen was ripped out and never replaced, the wiring all goes into one meter... I would have to go into even *more* debt to make it worth what you want me to pay now. Plus, you raised the asking price by 50k after you listed it. Who in their fucking right minds RAISES THE LIST PRICE... "in this economy"(tm)?!...)
Part Two: So last night I see a new listing; the house is in better condition, better location, and lower priced-- i wouldn't need to lowball it to offer a reasonable amount. I contact the broker, who isn't actually listed by name.
Today I hear back from the broker! It is the same realtor that isn't answering my offer email! With a generic "this house has been sold, but I look forward to talking to you about your needs and finding you another property..." note! Flocking joy and wassername! Clearly you are a lying cuntmuffin (pardon my anglo saxon), because you *aren't* interested in talking to me.
God damn it. Seriously. I am about ready to take my down payment and buy art or something that takes up less head space than a mortgage and is at least pretty to look at...
When I go to the theater, I accept that I am being bamboozled, lied to, invited to live in cloud palaces and then be told, with a sigh, that it was all a dream. We're all in on it, and I am willing to suspend my disbelief to be part of the spectacle. We're all in on it, is the key, and we're all getting something of value from it.
But this housebuying smitchfest... this is being told to spent $699000 or my children will be Doomed (doomed I tell you) to never... whatever golden dream having a mortgage gets them... and it seems like Everyone Else in my life is shaking their heads and telling me I'm nuts if I don't do this risky thing... not risky but with potentially high rewards, risky that there will be no reward at all...
...I say that glibly, but I was (briefly but memorably) homeless as a kid because my parents got kicked out of our apartment and weren't mentally sound enough to find another one... so I take aspersions on my sanity as potentially valid concerns.
I could really use some reassurance that the realtors are bastards, that I am neither too mean nor too nice, and that it is better not to overpay by 200k than it is to no longer have one's gladiolas mowed over by the landlord's son because he thought they were corn...
*weeps for my gladiolas*
Thanks in advance,
alia in astoria
ps: I did try to work with buyer's brokers, btw. they aren't returning my calls either. maybe it's my colorful language...
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