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- From: bobpassl@boi.hp.com (Bob Passell)
- Subject: How to go low?
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:19:38 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
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- Another request for net.wisdom!
-
- I have my house on the market, priced $100 dollars below
- the nearest $100,000 that I think its worth (hint: way less
- than 1/2 million, that's for sure ;-> ). My realtor says
- that I need to go to $?79,900 in order to sell it. Personally,
- I think she's wrong, and I have some measure of respect for
- her telling me news that I don't want to hear. However...
-
- I think we could "drift" down a little, to $?94,300 for a
- while before going to $?79,900 as she suggests. She is
- adamant that this will only bring disaster, but she won't
- explain why. Keeping in mind that her contract is up on
- 12/31/92, and I'm willing to spend another 20 days at
- $?94,300 before I go to $?79,900, what is this disaster
- that awaits me if I drift lower? I hope she's not trying
- to bargain-price it in hopes of flogging the thing before her
- contract expires, because that's a sure way to lose me
- as a customer. Has anyone else faced this situation before?
-
- Homes in our area sell for just about what we're asking all
- the time, in an average of 90-110 days. We've been on the
- market for 95 days and have had lots of activity but no
- offers. I have called a sample of the realtors bringing
- clients through and not one of them has said "lower the
- price, stupid" even though I've led them to the point
- where they could graciously say so. I'm not in a hurry,
- but cripes, I _do_ want to sell the house.
-
- Bp
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-