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Selling

House #4: Wow!

November 14, 2008

After having The Corn House sit on the market for the past three weeks without anyone even looking at it, I’m completely amazed at the activity we’ve had at The Yellow Stain House in the past 24 hours. We had to remove it from the MLS for about two days due to some paperwork issues, […]

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House #4: Another Offer?

November 13, 2008

I mentioned the other day that the first person to visit The Yellow Stain House was very interested in putting in an offer. She is still working through her financing, and as of yet, we haven’t received a formal offer; but her agent says that if the financing comes through, we will be getting one. […]

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House #4: Rehab. Offer?

November 11, 2008

The Yellow Stain House has been on the market for three days now. The foundation has been repaired, as has been the main water line from the meter to the house (there was a rupture that would have cost as much to fix as to replace the whole thing). As the house is still in […]

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Real Estate License!

November 8, 2008

My wife got her real estate license last week! It took about 150 hours of study, a crash refresher course, and then two exams, but she did it, and with flying colors (whatever that means). In Georgia (and probably everywhere else), having your real estate license doesn’t mean anything until you find a real estate […]

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House #1: Open House

October 27, 2008

The Corn House went on the market last week, and I’m very annoyed that in the first 7 days, my agent brought exactly 0 people through the house. It’s a fantastic house for a fantastic price, and I’m convinced that if we can get just a few buyers through, we’ll get an offer. In fact, […]

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House #2: Final Concessions

September 29, 2008

The Bulge House has been under contract for about 10 days now, and the due diligence period has just ended. This means that, while the buyer can still back out of the transaction if she wishes to, she would lose her deposit if she did. So, I’m hopeful that this contract will stick, and we’ll […]

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House #2: Under Contract

September 17, 2008

Well, I didn’t think I’d be writing this post so soon after yesterday’s post (about The Bulge House getting listed on the MLS), but as of about 8 hours after the listing went live, the house was under contract! The potential buyer was looking at another property listed by my agent, but when it turned […]

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House #2: Staged for Listing

September 15, 2008

My wife — the amazing woman she is — spent the entire weekend staging The Bulge House in preparation for it going on the market today. This was quite a feat, considering that four days ago, we didn’t have any staging furniture, accessories or materials. But amazingly, it all came together in about 48 hours. […]

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Staging Properties

September 12, 2008

Now that I’m in the process of getting my first house ready to put on the market, I’m starting to think about the types of things that will likely make the difference between selling quickly and not selling quickly (or at all), and the things that will make the difference in how much I can […]

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