House shopping

[Mike]

Get used to that very situation. You are going to get it on almost every house you try to make an offer on. We lucked out on our house and sent in our offer the first day on the market.

Same.

[Treybiz]

We are/were looking in an area that most houses aren't on the market more than a day or two without an offer (*if they aren't horribly overpriced and even then they are still going)... We kept uping our max amount for a while and decided to take a break.

Our current place is a great house, in a good neighborhood, and we aren't in a giant hurry so I don't want to rush into something we don't have to do.

[Rick Modena]

I stopped looking, the prices are outrageous. Seems like it may be time to move out of the area...

[mstng86]

I stopped looking, the prices are outrageous. Seems like it ma be time to move out of the area...

quitter.

I agree though. I can't believe some of the prices I am seeing in my neighborhood alone.

[Mike]

I stopped looking, the prices are outrageous. Seems like it may be time to move out of the area...

I thought you recently moved to a new area?

[ceyko]

I did the same as some above. My wife understood the basic requirements and she did all the shopping/looking with the Realtor. One day while packing up from a camping trip she finally had 2 houses for us to look at and the next day we put an offer in on one of them.

I could clearly tell my view of a "good house" was not in line with hers. So, let her filter and then go from there while I had a good time.

[Rick Modena]

I thought you recently moved to a new area?

I did...

[bucky]

When I jumped into the Las Vegas market in 2011 it was a bloody beat down. 90% of the listings were short sales or foreclosures and it was literally impossible to compete unless you were bringing all cash and slamming out some big above listing offers. I said fuck it and had a new house built out there. One of my better decisions considering the market accelerated very quickly.

[War Machine]

One thing I try to tell myself when shopping for a house, there will always be another deal around the corner, no matter how much you loved the one you missed.

[War Machine]

quitter.

I agree though. I can't believe some of the prices I am seeing in my neighborhood alone.

and selling fast that city. strong market

[Rick Modena]

and selling fast that city. strong market

Yoda?

[War Machine]

Yoda?

Im a skimmer, no time to diddle daddle

[Rick Modena]

Im a skimmer, no time to diddle daddle

I got ya, hometown...

[mstng86]

and selling fast that city. strong market

No shit. I could probably throw my house on the market for $20k more than what i paid 1 1/2 years ago and have serious offers.

[SonicblueGT03]

I got lucky on mine. Seller was widowed and retired, and all her family lives in NC now. She listed the house on a Friday for about $5k under market value. We looked at it on that Saturday and my agent put an offer in that was about $10k under asking. She accepted it on Monday morning, and agreed to pay the closing costs and provide a HO warranty for 2 years. Things were simpler 8 years ago, for the buyer anyway.