Buying A House Sucks
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:45 pm
With the kid and all, my family has out grown our current house. We've been looking at homes the last month or two and finally found one that the wife and I both liked. The house had been on the market for about a year but was brand new. The builder wanted $262k for it so we offered him $250k, hoping he'd meet us somewhere in the middle. To make a long story short, we offended the guy and he didn't even come back with a counter offer.
After looking at a few more houses in that price range, we figured that the house really wasn't that bad of a deal, considering what it offered. So we made another offer at asking price. The only contingency was that we had to sell our house first.
So the guy counter offers at.. get this.. $269k. Yes, that's $7k higher than what he was asking, stating that its been on the market so long he needs to break even.. blah.. blah. At this point, I think I'm just going to tell the guy to kiss my white ass. As much as I like the house, I'm not going to get ripped off.
Has anyone else run into a similar situation? Our realtor had never seen someone ask more than the list price and she's the VP of the company.
After looking at a few more houses in that price range, we figured that the house really wasn't that bad of a deal, considering what it offered. So we made another offer at asking price. The only contingency was that we had to sell our house first.
So the guy counter offers at.. get this.. $269k. Yes, that's $7k higher than what he was asking, stating that its been on the market so long he needs to break even.. blah.. blah. At this point, I think I'm just going to tell the guy to kiss my white ass. As much as I like the house, I'm not going to get ripped off.
Has anyone else run into a similar situation? Our realtor had never seen someone ask more than the list price and she's the VP of the company.