I'd say $153,900 Make it look like you thought about it, but still give them room to counter.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: How much to offer for a house? > > We were planning on moving in the summer (after my son is out of school) > but > my wife has found her "perfect house". Now we're not sure how to proceed. > > The house is a gorgeous old Victorian. Quite a notch larger than we > really > need, but with plenty of room for family. It had a new roof in 90 and a > new > furnace in 97. From the (few and small) pictures it looks to have been > very > well maintained and kept up. It's only 11 miles from my new office and is > a > 50'x165' lot (so it's got to have a sizable yard). > > Here's the listing: > http://www.scrantonpamls.com/scr/maildoc/CAAa003v0.html > > It's at the upper zone of our "comfort" limit (where the monthly costs of > the house won't be much more than the monthly costs we have with rent > right > now). I would have like something lower (much lower actually) but we can > definitely afford it without worry and my wife is in complete LOVE with > it. > > When we called real estate agents on the listing they treated us as if > this > were a suggestion - something to inform looks at other houses. That would > be fine but they didn't seem to take our interest in THIS house very > seriously. > > (One woman sent us this listing as well: > http://www.scrantonpamls.com/scr/maildoc/a006_w.html which makes me think > she wasn't taking us seriously... these two places just aren't in the same > class.) > > So any ideas on how to proceed. I don't want to lose the place just > because > the agents aren't paying us enough attention. I'm tempted to make a bid > outright (preferably, of course, pending inspection and a visit or two) > just > to make sure that we get a chance to on it if there are other bidders. At > the same time I'd love to push the sale off for another four months... > > Anyway... what do you think a decent opening offer is? I've never done > this > before - I don't want to be insulting but at the same time I don't want to > spend more than I need to. > > Since the house is listed at $175,000 I'd be thinking anyplace from 150 to > 160 as an opening bid. What do you think? > > Also how long does the process usually take (in our case the longer the > better) and how much should we expect to pay out in closing costs? > > Thanks in advance - and wish us luck! > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187512 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
