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Originally Posted by JoInAZ
Vinny,
You’re right about Yorkies sometimes being too smart! Our 13-year-old Yorkie has US trained quite well. You’re also correct about it being hard to change their bathroom habits. But my Max knows that waking Mommy up in the middle of the night isn’t a smart thing to do, so he always goes to my husband’s side of the bed and gets Daddy to get up to let him out during the night. If nothing else, we’re just both very thankful that he knows enough to wake somebody up because going in the house is NOT an option. A doggy door wouldn’t work for us because we have coyotes, hawks and large owls in the area. A 9-pound pooch would be a tasty treat indeed for any of these critters, so he’s never outside without one of us there with him. I even keep a baseball bat in the corner of the lanai, just in case. Coyotes can leap over our 6-foot concrete fence walls with ease, so the fencing is not a deterrent.
My husband and I will have to live vicariously through you and all of the other TV residents on this forum for another couple of years as the housing market in the Phoenix metro area is so depressed with so many short sales and foreclosures that we can’t sell our home unless we price it at the same level as those short sales and foreclosures. Our house has been on the market for almost 4 months with several dozen showings. Everyone loves it and wants it, but doesn’t want to pay more than the area short sales/foreclosures. We don’t have to sell, and refuse to give it away. We’re not looking to make a profit on the sale, just not lose a great deal just because others in the neighborhood made poor choices in paying way too much during the boom and now either they can’t afford the mortgage or are just walking away.
Sorry to get off on a tangent there…..
Anyway, anyone who has a Yorkie knows how smart and full of personality they are. You shouldn’t have any trouble training your little cuties the hang of using the doggy door. Best of luck and enjoy Paradise!!
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We had the same exact situation. Everyone loved our home and we got unsolicited compliments. But our home is a four bedroom and cost more than the normal starter home for first time home buyers. Then there was the issue of so many short sales to compete with outside of our area. After 43 showings over 7 months we lucked out. Our buyers live in an apartment on the other side of the farm I border and wanted to stay in the same area so his daughter could still go to the same school and play with her same friends.
All I can suggest is that you realistically price your home according to the what the market will pay. Most people forget that things are only worth what people are willing to pay for them. If you owe too much to do this, just wait. The banks are still sitting on a large inventory of foreclosures that will hit the market soon and further depress it. The market should be OK by this time next year. We were just about to pull our home off the market when we sold it. Our friends waited one year and I know someone who tried for 4 years. Right now even if priced right luck is needed.