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Old 08-07-2025, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
So, you are living happily in a house with an old roof and HVAC system and, because a real estate agent pushes you to upgrade, you spend tens of thousands of dollars so they can more easily sell your house, you fall for it? No way. I would tell that agent to take a hike.

I actually knew one seller who replaced perfectly good laminate countertops with granite because their sales agent told them to do it.
The OP didn't state he is currently living in the house, no realtor is pushing him for anything and he wants to do a FSBO. Geez..

I would never, for all the homes we bought and sold, stick a buyer with the worst roofing product I could find to save some nickels. If you've maintained the PV property with terminite/bug contracts, it's clean and in a nice neighborhood with an adequate new roof and have it reasonably priced, it will sell. If it smells, it will be with you for a long time. We would only buy an older patio villa north of 466A for upgrading or investment purposes.