[Schaumburger]

Good luck to all who are trying to sell their homes!

[Lynnelf]

We just came to terms on a deal today. Paperwork will be signed tomorrow. Since the buyer is a contractor and has been through the home extensively, they are not requiring an inspection and are taking the home as is. Also, it's a cash deal, so no banks and appraisals involved. I won't start to rest easy though, until the paperwork is signed. After that I will begin to breathe again. I agree, it is an emotional roller coaster that we've been riding for the last seven months. Best of luck to you!

[faithfulfrank]

Lynn,
Congrats!!
We just got an offer tonight.....we have not countered yet. Even our Realtor said it was an unrealistic offer and a contingent one.....we have not even decided for sure yet if we will even give a counter offer....We'll see.

Frank

[English Ivy]

Originally Posted by faithfulfrank

Lynn,
Congrats!!
We just got an offer tonight.....we have not countered yet. Even our Realtor said it was an unrealistic offer and a contingent one.....we have not even decided for sure yet if we will even give a counter offer....We'll see.

Frank

Why wouldn't you counter? There's certainly no harm in it and maybe you'll come to terms. You don't know if you don't try!

You're in Batavia NY and winter will soon be there!

[Lynnelf]

Originally Posted by faithfulfrank

Lynn,
Congrats!!
We just got an offer tonight.....we have not countered yet. Even our Realtor said it was an unrealistic offer and a contingent one.....we have not even decided for sure yet if we will even give a counter offer....We'll see.

Frank

We had several offers and they were all far below the asking price. We were insulted at first, but finally realized that people think they can get something for nothing in this market and with all the foreclosures out there, they do. What helped us is that we had two very interested parties and a bidding war followed which drove the price up somewhat. We made lots of counter offers until we finally got a price we thought we could live with. We probably could have gotten more from the other party, but that was contingent and we could not pass up the terms on the deal we made.

[leenie24]

I bought a house in Winifred in July. It was in the Village I wanted and it was the model I wanted and the price was sooooo good, I figured it was meant to be even though I had not thought about retiring any time soon.

A few months later and I feel with the passing of each day I am more than ready to make that big move.

I have my house rented through April 2012 (yea Villages). And that was with almost no effort. I received so much help from this website and the wonderful folks who shared their information with me. So now I am thinking do I want to wait until the Spring/Summer of 2012? If I sell now I could rent and/or spend some quality time with my sister and bro-in-law who live in Tall Trees.

Swimdawg, I could use a good word to Fr. Baker on my behalf! I planning to put my home on the market in February, that is if I can wait that long.

Thank you all for all for being so warm and welcoming.

Good luck Pat and Bob - I hope you sell quickly.

[faithfulfrank]

We are countering.....it was just late last night and we did not have a chance to discuss it. There are some other interested parties, so we will see how this plays out.

Frank

[nandan]

Here's the flip side. We visited the Villages over Memorial Day, put a deposit down on a lot so we could build within a year. We figured it may take a while to sell our 33-year-old home in Miami so we put in on the market around the middle of July after obtaining a professional appraisal and thoroughly researching market values in our area. We listed it for $15,000 more than the appraised value and sold it the next day for the asking price. For the last month we've been living in a rental apartment while our house in TV is being built. Closing is scheduled for Dec. 28th. TV here we come!

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by nandan

Here's the flip side. We visited the Villages over Memorial Day, put a deposit down on a lot so we could build within a year. We figured it may take a while to sell our 33-year-old home in Miami so we put in on the market around the middle of July after obtaining a professional appraisal and thoroughly researching market values in our area. We listed it for $15,000 more than the appraised value and sold it the next day for the asking price. For the last month we've been living in a rental apartment while our house in TV is being built. Closing is scheduled for Dec. 28th. TV here we come!

nandan, Congratulations in selling so fast in this market. Hope your closing and move to TV go smoothly.

[jmac1031]

Pretty & price are selling homes! Take it from a realtor in the Metro Milwaukee area who just sold another home for folks headed to The Villages. We will be down to Villages in 3yrs.

Jim McCallum
Shorewest Realtors

[quirky3]

Maybe us wannabees could think of ourselves in terms of graduation classes - the year that we will retire and move to the villages. I am in the Class of 2014.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by nandan

Here's the flip side. We visited the Villages over Memorial Day, put a deposit down on a lot so we could build within a year. We figured it may take a while to sell our 33-year-old home in Miami so we put in on the market around the middle of July after obtaining a professional appraisal and thoroughly researching market values in our area. We listed it for $15,000 more than the appraised value and sold it the next day for the asking price. For the last month we've been living in a rental apartment while our house in TV is being built. Closing is scheduled for Dec. 28th. TV here we come!

WOW - Congrats on the quick sale of your home.