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Luckily yesterday we found out our house is "sold". We are fortunate because we just listed it May 1st. Before that we showed it on our own twice. The first couple raved about it and said they were going to the bank the next day to see what they could do. Never heard another word from them. The next guy made almost no comments during the tour, and never heard from him. The realtors we interviewed were up to a 100K apart in what we should ask. They all said you have to really go through hoops to justify a price to a bank these days, and indicated that THEY would have to do that if someone came in with an offer. Anyway, we lucked out because the people buying our house don't need much financing so there was no question regarding the appraisal. One Realtor who told us to price it 100K less than the one we went with had come very highly recommended to us. When we heard her recommendation, we said if that was the case, we wouldn't sell it. The Realtor we picked worked very hard showing it, having open houses, etc. Funny comments she relayed to us were "I can't see the sunset from this side of the lake" and one couple who spent over an hour and were very interested decided it wasn't a big enough eating area for their family of 5 children and grandchildren. We have had probably 30 people at a time here, probably more. Anyway, don't take comments too seriously. Some people are negative hoping to make you lose confidence in your asking price. " All it takes is one" and your house will sell.
One more comment. We loved our house here, but love TV also. We are really "Voting with our feet" to get the hell out of NY State. Those of you from here (Nonie, Linda, Handieman)How about our dysfunctional State Legislature's latest fiasco?!