We got home from work and had two prospective buyers within an hour of each other.
The second buyer offered asking price plus closing costs on the spot.
My night just went from installing new facets in the bathroom to doubling down on finding a new house.
I'm beside myself in excitement/bewilderment.
Shit, 6 years ago I was homeless and couldn't find a job. Now I have a wife, two amazing kids, and we're about to seriously upgrade our home and payoff our car in one fell swoop.
To those of you who find yourself in a dark place and thinking wild shit, hopeless, suicidal, whatever. ... shit can change for you on a fucking dime. I'm living proof. Be encouraged. Things can change in the blink of an eye.
I'm in the middle of the same process. We accepted an offer on our house a couple weeks ago, and have had the inspection and appraisal done.
We had to scramble to find a new house - had one that was great and made an offer at full asking price, but we got outbid. Ended up finding another that we like even better (costs a bit more though) and got our offer accepted on it. We had the inspection on that house, the appraisal will be done next, so we'll be waiting for underwriting on both sides.
On our current house we have to be out 7 days after closing, and we can move in the new house at closing, but depending on the timeline on both sides in terms of a clear to close we could definitely have a gap where we need to stay with relatives or a hotel.
Good luck on your deal! Definitely a stressful but exciting process...
Wifey and I bought a new house then sold our old one within 10 days. Old one sold on the last business day before Christmas. I hope everything goes at least that well for you.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
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12. "Hell yeah... owning a home can be a beautiful thing" In response to Reply # 0
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
24. "On hiatus until things settle down" In response to Reply # 13
People who expressed initial interest taking part either lost interest, didn't have the time to devote, etc, which changed my strategy in a big way.
Then I helped lead the potential unionization charge in my office and that took up a ton of time. Then my wife got pregnant. Then I changed offices and positions. Now we're moving. There's a ton of significant family issues in that mix.
5 years from now I may look back and have a string of excuses and you can take continued pleasure in my failure. Or thongs my settle down a little, I can get focused, and finally finish this up. Who knows, but that's where things are.
28. "I just came home, shit just got real (c)" In response to Reply # 0
Uh...yeah. now there's a bidding war.
I kid you not, no more than ten minutes after I wrote this post a third buyer showed up.
She called on the house and our realtor told her she'd better get there quick because we'd already accepted an offer. She said she'd submit a counter offer by morning.
Meanwhile, before she left, my wife got a text from our realtor with another offer for 5K above asking price.
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