[Dirigo]

Welcome to the Great Real Estate Selling Rollercoaster Ride. Fasten your seat belt and open your mind.

Clean and neat counts. Keep the point of entry to your home free of spider webs and debris. Avoid strong cooking smells (like fish or onions). Make sure all lights are on and working when you have a showing.

I sold two houses (my Mother's house and our house) in seven months in Maine (talk about a tough market) this year by ASKING FOR AN OFFER from someone who seems somewhat interested but can't quite seem to make a choice on which house to buy. Both parties didn't make an initial offer, but once negotiations began, they hung in there to a successful sale completion.

Don't expect to get what YOU think your house is worth. Be open to 85% or so of what you think it is worth. Don't worry, you'll make it up on the other end even if you are buying new because once TV is built out the demand for homes will still be there and home prices will increase significantly.

Keep a positive attitude and good luck!

[TommyT]

Thanks for the replies. If we break even we'll be happy.
I'll keep you posted on our ride...

[Pturner]

Hi TommyT,
My thoughts and prayers are with you. Fingers and toes are crossed. Hope it sells soon.

[rpensabene]

Make certain he is buried head down. My neighbor buried St.Joseph head up; no offers. After we spoke, he dug up St. Joe stood him on his head and had an offer in 2 weeks. Good Luck!

[TommyT]

He is buried head down, feet up and facing the front door, like the instructions stated. I hope that's correct....

Prayers & wishes for a quick sale headed your way!!

[tippyclubb]

On our one day visit to TV we spent 3-4 hours with the sales team. Did you know they will help you sell your house? They do extensive research on the housing market your in and find the top two realtors in your area. They will share that information with you and you can choose which agent out of the two you want to use.

I'm not certain if this information would pertain to you seeing as you already bought a house in TV. However, its worth a phone call to see if they can assist you in selling your home.

Good luck and hope your house sells fast.

[2BNTV]

[QUOTE=Bill-n-Brillo;424837]This seems to be the common thread in today's real estate market. If the house is priced according to what the market will bear, it WILL sell. Will you "break even" as you're hoping? That would be great! But if you have to take less, it'll be worth it in the long run - you'll get to TV sooner and the anxiety of selling your home will quickly be forgotten.

Best wishes for you, Tommy!

Bill

Great advice. My thoughts and prayers for a quick sale.

[jebartle]

the seller doesn't eat them all!....giggle....Good luck and hurry home to paradise!

[TommyT]

Thanks Everyone. I'm day dreaming about being in the Villages today and really getting down.

Send me a buyer St. Joseph !!!!!!! PLEASE

I know, I know, all in good time...

[TommyT]

I hope I'm not going to "jinx" myself here, but we signed an offer on our home this morning. We've been on the market for almost 4 months. A realtor, not our realtor has shown our home twice to folks and just last night called and wanted to show it again. We left, had dinner out and returned about two hours later. Not thinking much about it, our realtor called about 10:00 PM and said the family that saw the home this night wants to make an offer. The offer came in mid-morning today and was 4 thousand dollars off our asking price with very little asking of anything else. Of course we jumped and accepted...signed and sent back. The package even had a letter of authorization from a bank. We have our fingers crossed nothing stops this from going through...

for us that nothing goes wrong and this sale goes through... PLEASE

[Cynbod]

Sounds good. My prayers are with you.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Fingers crossed, Tommy!

Bill

[Ebsmom]

Congrats Tommy! Your day was similar to ours... Listed our house 2 weeks ago here in North Alabama..Had a showing sun and again wed.. offer was made last nite and we got the call this morning with a followup with our Realtor to accept the offer.. Hope the Inspection goes well and we can close on the 30th of April..We will be making a big change going from county living on almost 4 acres to very close living but with so much more to offer in the long run. Hope to see you in the months ahead!
Ebsmom~Bev
USNRet~Dave

[ssmith]

Great to hear of offers on houses....maybe Real Estate is moving again! CONGRATS!