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gosh our buyers were so great! smart kids, cute puppy. but seriously, if they had asked for an inspection before making an offer gently caress them lmao amiright?
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Busta Chimes.wav posted:gosh our buyers were so great! smart kids, cute puppy. but seriously, if they had asked for an inspection [or offered what we put as an asking price] before making an offer gently caress them lmao amiright?
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Jun 23, 2015 17:25
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for 1.6 million dollars you could buy a 6000+ square foot historic home in the oldest part of philadelphia, or an entire city block in detroit.
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Jun 23, 2015 17:26
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triple sulk posted:for 1.6 million dollars you could buy a 6000+ square foot historic home in the oldest part of philadelphia, or an entire city block in detroit. one thousand acres of untouched Ozark old-growth with a five hundred thousand dollar sprawling mansion on top of the hill tldr: make your money in the city and then go be a feudal lord in the country
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Jun 23, 2015 17:34
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It's all about location, and it's definitely worth paying $1.6m to live in the convenience and culture of a giant sprawling suburb.
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Jun 23, 2015 17:35
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mountain view has good schools though, and is very culturally diverse, it's only 96% white
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Jun 23, 2015 17:36
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bf and i are pending on a place in the sticks we just had a 4-hour-long inspection yesterday, turned out fine actually. one of the notable things was that the hot water heater wasnt sufficiently strapped up to the wall. inspector says maybe 5% of the places hes seen has done this correctly, the straps/bolts are usually just ornamental and arent nearly strong enough to hold 50 gallons. so when the big one hits everyone's going to die in a gas fire apparently Progressive JPEG fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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Jun 23, 2015 17:40
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Beast of Bourbon posted:mountain view has good schools though, and is very culturally diverse, it's only 96% white sunnyvale has better schools and isnt 15% employed by a single bubel company i mean if youre gonna go boring may as well go all the way e: 15%, not 10%, lmao Progressive JPEG fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 17:41
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yeah but what if I am afraid of minorities
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Jun 23, 2015 17:47
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tesla is a strong sign, but the $15K Apple watch has to be guaranteed
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Jun 23, 2015 17:49
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Jonny 290 posted:one thousand acres of untouched Ozark old-growth with a five hundred thousand dollar sprawling mansion on top of the hill speaking of earthquake risk
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Jun 23, 2015 18:11
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assuming that's a real garage and not more facade, that will probably fit one or two bikes, or a slim motorcycle, lol
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Jun 23, 2015 18:21
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:assuming that's a real garage and not more facade, that will probably fit one or two bikes, or a slim motorcycle, lol see also bay area parking
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Jun 23, 2015 18:22
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Progressive JPEG posted:speaking of earthquake risk ozarks are a solid bet, they have good limestone bedrock going way the gently caress down. its over by memphis way where they should be a bit more scared when the new madrid goes the mississippi corridor is hosed, absolutely hosed. all those 57 year old bridges are going to vaporize POOF
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Jun 23, 2015 18:23
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i saw colorado springs this weekend and I am in love and denver's just kind of big and sprawly to me now. I know the people are terrible. I know. but hanging out right there with Cheyenne Mountain staring you in the face and then Pikes just dominating the skyline, it's super beautiful
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Jun 23, 2015 18:25
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Progressive JPEG posted:bf and i are pending on a place near la honda with like 400 redwoods*. the owners needed 60 days after closing to move because even where theyre headed all the way up in loving petaluma itd be impossible to have a successful bid with a seller contingency petaluma's where i was born/raised etc, is now yuppie central, thats my post thanks for reading leo laporte lives and operates there and i only just learned from yospos that he is a total poo poo head and its hilarious 2 me
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Jun 23, 2015 18:37
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:assuming that's a real garage and not more facade, that will probably fit one or two bikes, or a slim motorcycle, lol  $1,600,000
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Jun 23, 2015 18:37
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:
yeah but only a 45 minute drive to campus with the traffic!
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Jun 23, 2015 18:38
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Beast of Bourbon posted:yeah but only a 45 minute drive to campus with the traffic! we got lucky and are renting a townhouse on the peninsula and got it when rents were low in 2009 and the owner only goes up $50 a year so its great and cheap. If we wanted to buy it (which we don't it's a piece of poo poo) it would sell for about $900,000. On reclaimed land, in an earthquake prone area, below sea level.
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Jun 23, 2015 18:42
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:we got lucky and are renting a townhouse on the peninsula and got it when rents were low in 2009 and the owner only goes up $50 a year so its great and cheap. if you knocked the house down how much would the land be worth? (also lol "when rents were low in 2009")
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Jun 23, 2015 18:43
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:we got lucky and are renting a townhouse on the peninsula and got it when rents were low in 2009 and the owner only goes up $50 a year so its great and cheap. if it were for sale, a fuckload of rich people caricatures with spinny mustaches and plaid button downs would offer 2x, 3x, 4x the price you mentioned
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Jun 23, 2015 18:50
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Mido posted:if it were for sale, a fuckload of rich people caricatures with spinny mustaches and plaid button downs would offer 2x, 3x, 4x the price you mentioned but they're just agents buying it cash for some russian/chinese/indian billionaire
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Jun 23, 2015 18:56
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my grandmom, instead of hiring a caretaker, decided to be cautious in case the value went down, and sold her cute lil' house in sunnyvale (that my dad grew up in) in 2005 and moved into a retirement home well, the value did go down and then it went uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
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Jun 23, 2015 19:02
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triple sulk posted:for 1.6 million dollars you could buy a 6000+ square foot historic home in the oldest part of philadelphia, or an entire city block in detroit. well that's two ways to flush 1.6 million dollars
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Jun 23, 2015 19:03
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my landlord did not increase rents on me this year
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Jun 23, 2015 19:12
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Beast of Bourbon posted:my landlord did not increase rents on me this year our rent went from 503.22 to 503.50 and thats just cause the sewer bill went up
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Jun 23, 2015 19:17
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Jonny 290 posted:our rent went from 503.22 to 503.50 and thats just cause the sewer bill went up the forums still cost $9.99 though?
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Jun 23, 2015 19:18
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:
rooms 2 and 3 are glorified jail cells
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Jun 23, 2015 19:22
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If I save up enough to buy a 2+br in the alps for cash before I can afford anything in the bay area [with a mortgage] I'm gonna go bavarian.
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Jun 23, 2015 19:29
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eric posted:rooms 2 and 3 are glorified jail cells if you try and squeeze a bed in there probably make nice offices though
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Jun 23, 2015 19:31
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eric posted:rooms 2 and 3 are glorified jail cells you just know the only thing keeping a realtor from calling it a nine bedroom are those pesky egress requirements in the fire code. things are seriously hosed up when the market gets to the point that an inspection contingency to make sure they didn't do something stupid like take out a load bearing wall in an unlicensed renovation will get you DQed. an inspection requirement will get your offer tossed in Austin too
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Jun 23, 2015 19:36
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From top to bottom: Master BR Nursery [but the crib will be in the MBR until the kid is 3 and at that point they'll be moving anyway] Office/mancave/masturbatorium Project/yoga room [will just be a pile of baby junk they never use]
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Jun 23, 2015 19:37
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Beast of Bourbon posted:my landlord did not increase rents on me this year my wife's place hasn't gone up in 3 years. my new place went up $1000/mo between the previous tenant and me. 
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Beast of Bourbon posted:mountain view has good schools though, and is very culturally diverse, it's only 96% white our area is 45% asian and other parts top out at around 60% i only see asian people living in the new 1.4 mil homes across the street for some reason Optimus_Rhyme posted:
I'm the two sinks in the guest bathroom
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Jun 23, 2015 19:43
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I'd like to see some dimensions on that floor plan.
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Jun 23, 2015 19:44
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in one of the pictures it says "1983 square feet + attached garage" so I guess do some geometry to get the size of those rooms. Also, that floor plan is some hosed up realtors version of reality. No one is eating in that nook next to the garage and instead would put their dining area where they list 'Family'. But this way the realtor can say 'it has a family room AND a living room'. On the topic of inspectors, the sellers had their own come in so you could read their report. But then again they added an extra room to the house and did substantial work in the house after they bought it. Nope, no need to have your own inspector look at it, just give us 30% over asking. Optimus_Rhyme fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 19:48
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I'm guessing 8'x9' for bedroom nine but I'm assuming they're being honest in that drawing.
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Jun 23, 2015 19:50
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Thanks for sharing! We're about to close on the sale of our home in Sunnyvale as well (knock on wood), with very similar stats to yours. I think your post will be very helpful to demystify the process to those on the buying side. In our case, we didn't take offers in person... our agent lined up all the offers in a spreadsheet, and verbally told us what they knew about the top bidders from the Open House and their agent interactions. It was important for us to understand how committed the top bidders were to the property, since almost all buyers feel a twinge of buyer's remorse when they find out they've won an auction in an incredibly competitive market.
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Jun 23, 2015 19:53
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:in one of the pictures it says "1983 square feet + attached garage" so I guess do some geometry to get the size of those rooms. lol at trusting the inspector chosen by the seller. i wish tech bubble would disrupt the real estate sales industry instead of trying to make it so manchildren never have to leave their apartments.
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Toronto was nice because there was one well-known inspection company, so the seller could get them to inspect and buyers could rely on it. when we sold our house in Toronto in 2012 we countered *lower* than the buyer's offer, after some complexity. I am not emotionally equipped for SV real estate.
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