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A Marine who used to work for me recently retired and is making the trip with us to help out. He's and awesome dude and great friend!!
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Quoted: Nice! Depending on when you get here, I may be able to help. A 4 month old makes plans difficult... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: A Marine who used to work for me recently retired and is making the trip with us to help out. He's and awesome dude and great friend!! Nice! Depending on when you get here, I may be able to help. A 4 month old makes plans difficult... I'll let y'all know when we leave and ETA for arrival. Could be a good time! ETA I really only need help with the safe. And I think I have that covered now. If y'all want to help unload ammo bring a back brace. I have........a few rounds. |
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Quoted: I'll let y'all know when we leave and ETA for arrival. Could be a good time! ETA I really only need help with the safe. And I think I have that covered now. If y'all want to help unload ammo bring a back brace. I have........a few rounds. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: A Marine who used to work for me recently retired and is making the trip with us to help out. He's and awesome dude and great friend!! Nice! Depending on when you get here, I may be able to help. A 4 month old makes plans difficult... I'll let y'all know when we leave and ETA for arrival. Could be a good time! ETA I really only need help with the safe. And I think I have that covered now. If y'all want to help unload ammo bring a back brace. I have........a few rounds. Now you've done it! You paying in ammo? |
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Quoted: Now you've done it! You paying in ammo? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: A Marine who used to work for me recently retired and is making the trip with us to help out. He's and awesome dude and great friend!! Nice! Depending on when you get here, I may be able to help. A 4 month old makes plans difficult... I'll let y'all know when we leave and ETA for arrival. Could be a good time! ETA I really only need help with the safe. And I think I have that covered now. If y'all want to help unload ammo bring a back brace. I have........a few rounds. Now you've done it! You paying in ammo? |
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Move delay. The sellers of the house are being shady as fuck. Will be looking for a new place in Montana. Update to follow.
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Quoted: Quoted: Move delay. The sellers of the house are being shady as fuck. Will be looking for a new place in Montana. Update to follow. What are they doing? That is the short answer. |
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Okay, we are definitely moving mid July. Victor Montana. Lots more land than the cluster fuck of the first house.
ETA and now I have 2 Marines helping me move out there. |
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Quoted: Okay, we are definitely moving mid July. Victor Montana. Lots more land than the cluster fuck of the first house. ETA and now I have 2 Marines helping me move out there. View Quote Dang that's too bad that you had to switch so late in the game, especially with the "appreciation" of real estate from last year to this year in western MT. Sellers being shady is something that's hard to overlook though, especially on something as critical as water (a well). We got a similar vibe from the 1st home we put an offer on down towards Kila. Wife and I are supposed to be closing in mid June on a place with mountain views on the west side of the Flathead Valley. House in MN is sold and pending an early June closing. Our buyer agreed to a "rentback" for up to 60 days in order to allow us time to A) find a home ~1200 miles away and B) get all our $hit out there. I want to get on the road the day we sign the paperwork on the new one. Without any stupid delays we should be out and settled before 4th of July. I don't have any marines helping me though but I do have myself (infantry vet) an infantry friend and my combat engineer brother. |
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Quoted: Dang that's too bad that you had to switch so late in the game, especially with the "appreciation" of real estate from last year to this year in western MT. Sellers being shady is something that's hard to overlook though, especially on something as critical as water (a well). We got a similar vibe from the 1st home we put an offer on down towards Kila. Wife and I are supposed to be closing in mid June on a place with mountain views on the west side of the Flathead Valley. House in MN is sold and pending an early June closing. Our buyer agreed to a "rentback" for up to 60 days in order to allow us time to A) find a home ~1200 miles away and B) get all our $hit out there. I want to get on the road the day we sign the paperwork on the new one. Without any stupid delays we should be out and settled before 4th of July. I don't have any marines helping me though but I do have myself (infantry vet) an infantry friend and my combat engineer brother. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Okay, we are definitely moving mid July. Victor Montana. Lots more land than the cluster fuck of the first house. ETA and now I have 2 Marines helping me move out there. Dang that's too bad that you had to switch so late in the game, especially with the "appreciation" of real estate from last year to this year in western MT. Sellers being shady is something that's hard to overlook though, especially on something as critical as water (a well). We got a similar vibe from the 1st home we put an offer on down towards Kila. Wife and I are supposed to be closing in mid June on a place with mountain views on the west side of the Flathead Valley. House in MN is sold and pending an early June closing. Our buyer agreed to a "rentback" for up to 60 days in order to allow us time to A) find a home ~1200 miles away and B) get all our $hit out there. I want to get on the road the day we sign the paperwork on the new one. Without any stupid delays we should be out and settled before 4th of July. I don't have any marines helping me though but I do have myself (infantry vet) an infantry friend and my combat engineer brother. |
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Quoted: First house was 3 acres and an HOA (which I don't want) new place is A LOT more money but 40 acres and nicer house....and no HOA!! View Quote Sounds better. More land is always better! No HOA is priceless. Not inheriting someone else's problem water situation is also priceless. I wanted 10-20ac, wife was fine with as little as 1ac (ya...no). We ended up with >10ac and no HOA on a private road with great access. It also has the lightest covenants I saw on any property with covenants and the internet we need to work is available. It's almost perfect for us honestly. With prices as they are in the Flathead I'm not sure we could have afforded much more than we got. Two years or hell, even a year ago it would have been attainable, but not in today's market. That's just how the cookie crumbles I suppose. If it all goes to $hit, and it very well may, we'll be sitting pretty while paying off our doubled mortgage with inflated dollars. |
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Quoted: Sounds better. More land is always better! No HOA is priceless. Not inheriting someone else's problem water situation is also priceless. I wanted 10-20ac, wife was fine with as little as 1ac (ya...no). We ended up with >10ac and no HOA on a private road with great access. It also has the lightest covenants I saw on any property with covenants and the internet we need to work is available. It's almost perfect for us honestly. With prices as they are in the Flathead I'm not sure we could have afforded much more than we got. Two years or hell, even a year ago it would have been attainable, but not in today's market. That's just how the cookie crumbles I suppose. If it all goes to $hit, and it very well may, we'll be sitting pretty while paying off our doubled mortgage with inflated dollars. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: First house was 3 acres and an HOA (which I don't want) new place is A LOT more money but 40 acres and nicer house....and no HOA!! Sounds better. More land is always better! No HOA is priceless. Not inheriting someone else's problem water situation is also priceless. I wanted 10-20ac, wife was fine with as little as 1ac (ya...no). We ended up with >10ac and no HOA on a private road with great access. It also has the lightest covenants I saw on any property with covenants and the internet we need to work is available. It's almost perfect for us honestly. With prices as they are in the Flathead I'm not sure we could have afforded much more than we got. Two years or hell, even a year ago it would have been attainable, but not in today's market. That's just how the cookie crumbles I suppose. If it all goes to $hit, and it very well may, we'll be sitting pretty while paying off our doubled mortgage with inflated dollars. |
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Quoted: I've spent 7 days in Montana in my life. But I loved all 7 days! Can't wait!! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Welcome to the Bitterroots! Can't wait!! I hope some of them were in winter. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Welcome to the Bitterroots! Can't wait!! I hope some of them were in winter. I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! |
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Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! View Quote As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I’m well aware of northern winters because I’ve lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it’s different when you can’t escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife’s coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were “unacceptable”? 32 degrees! |
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Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! View Quote Desensitizing your horse to gun fire |
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Quoted: As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. |
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Quoted: I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. Ohio weather is an absolute joke compared to a hard Montana winter. You'll understand later. Part of it is the altitude while part has to do with the jet stream - but another issue is that in Ohio for example the distances aren't that great and the roads are cleared regularly. Distances between things are a lot larger here and roads tend not to be cleared outside of the interstate and bigger cities. You get to keeping within a moderate distance even with a good vehicle when things get bad and it drives some people batty. |
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Quoted: Ohio weather is an absolute joke compared to a hard Montana winter. You'll understand later. Part of it is the altitude while part has to do with the jet stream - but another issue is that in Ohio for example the distances aren't that great and the roads are cleared regularly. Distances between things are a lot larger here and roads tend not to be cleared outside of the interstate and bigger cities. You get to keeping within a moderate distance even with a good vehicle when things get bad and it drives some people batty. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. Ohio weather is an absolute joke compared to a hard Montana winter. You'll understand later. Part of it is the altitude while part has to do with the jet stream - but another issue is that in Ohio for example the distances aren't that great and the roads are cleared regularly. Distances between things are a lot larger here and roads tend not to be cleared outside of the interstate and bigger cities. You get to keeping within a moderate distance even with a good vehicle when things get bad and it drives some people batty. I get it and ain't scared. In fact, I'm excited!! |
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Quoted: I get it and ain't scared. In fact, I'm excited!! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. Ohio weather is an absolute joke compared to a hard Montana winter. You'll understand later. Part of it is the altitude while part has to do with the jet stream - but another issue is that in Ohio for example the distances aren't that great and the roads are cleared regularly. Distances between things are a lot larger here and roads tend not to be cleared outside of the interstate and bigger cities. You get to keeping within a moderate distance even with a good vehicle when things get bad and it drives some people batty. I get it and ain't scared. In fact, I'm excited!! There ya go! |
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Quoted: I get it and ain't scared. In fact, I'm excited!! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been to the UP, Wisconsin, Norway, Iceland, Greenland........I'm not a pussy. What I do need, is how do I find/train a horse to not be afraid o gunfire? Seriously! As someone coming from MN to the Flathead, I'm well aware of northern winters because I've lived them for 40 years. I think the Flathead is actually a bit milder than my home climate so it SHOULD be a breeze for me The real question is how long have you spent in sub freezing temps? A week or two at a time or 6 months straight? Yes it makes a difference. Hunting or ice fishing trips are one thing, snow and all of the accompanying work from early October till as late as May is a whole different animal. Not trying to discount your experience at all, just that it's different when you can't escape back to a warm area for months. Funny story: my wife's coworker from California moved to Bozeman last summer. They wanted their Montana dream. Then November hit. They were back in California before Thanksgiving and sold their brand new home over the winter. The temps they thought were "unacceptable"? 32 degrees! I'm born in in NC. Spent the majority of my life here. But was raised in Northern Ohio.. Ohio weather is an absolute joke compared to a hard Montana winter. You'll understand later. Part of it is the altitude while part has to do with the jet stream - but another issue is that in Ohio for example the distances aren't that great and the roads are cleared regularly. Distances between things are a lot larger here and roads tend not to be cleared outside of the interstate and bigger cities. You get to keeping within a moderate distance even with a good vehicle when things get bad and it drives some people batty. I get it and ain't scared. In fact, I'm excited!! You'll join the ranks of Montanans who get to chuckle as we watch Californians and the like piss and moan and move away every hard winter we have. I love it every time! |
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Quoted: Mine! All mine! Nothing worse than seeing a 7 county plate at a trailhead. View Quote Unless it’s a 7B from Idaho. We drive to and through Thompson Falls on a regular basis-sometimes just to eat lunch. I made the move from the Kingston/New Bern NC area to this part of the country. No worries OP it’s good people here.....LOTS of snow but good folks. ETA: Bummer just read you’re going to Victor. That’s a good place too. Prefer Hamilton personally. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276871/IMG_20210602_185943255_HDR-1972210.jpgOne step closer. Sold my '67 Grand Prix and it is getting shipped to Australia. Can't believe the guy is shipping it on an open trailer. It's going to Washington then to Kalifornia to take a boat ride. My house goes on the market Monday. We will be leaving 12 July. View Quote |
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Very nice to watch all the steps on this side of the process! Having just sold our house and having it go smoothly was a huge plus.
We have/had some appraisal issues on the buying side but as of today the appraisal report is at the underwriter and we should have a closing date by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, IF they aren't pricks and require repairs. Are you closed on your new home yet or are you contingent on the sale of your current home? Things move more slowly than we're used to in Montana and I feel like we had to chew the ear off our lender out there to get some movement on their part. Part of that may be because it's a local lender. Who knows. It took their appraiser 16 days to get out to the property though. Ugh. |
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Welcome to MT OP! Your going to love it. Wishing your family the best here!
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Quoted: Very nice to watch all the steps on this side of the process! Having just sold our house and having it go smoothly was a huge plus. We have/had some appraisal issues on the buying side but as of today the appraisal report is at the underwriter and we should have a closing date by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, IF they aren't pricks and require repairs. Are you closed on your new home yet or are you contingent on the sale of your current home? Things move more slowly than we're used to in Montana and I feel like we had to chew the ear off our lender out there to get some movement on their part. Part of that may be because it's a local lender. Who knows. It took their appraiser 16 days to get out to the property though. Ugh. View Quote |
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Quoted: Close first week of July on the Montana house, ours goes for sale Tuesday. I don't "need" to sell my NC house to move. Just would be nice to have it gone before I leave. View Quote It's much easier being non-contingent and I wish I was in that situation to start but I wasn't, mostly because the house we won is a HUGE upgrade for us. Good news is the closing is done on our current house and we have the money in the bank so we're now non-contingent. We're just renting it back from the buyer until we're out of here and he's a decent kid so it should all work out. I understand about wanting it gone. One thing I should have done is insist on a quick appraisal and a quick close, then take the offer that best matches your terms, for the house you're selling. If you haven't done so already, your realtor can probably set that up in the listing and in their communications with prospective buyer's agents. Buyers are willing to bend over backwards to try to meet everything sellers want just so then can get the house they really want. |
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Quoted: It's much easier being non-contingent and I wish I was in that situation to start but I wasn't, mostly because the house we won is a HUGE upgrade for us. Good news is the closing is done on our current house and we have the money in the bank so we're now non-contingent. We're just renting it back from the buyer until we're out of here and he's a decent kid so it should all work out. I understand about wanting it gone. One thing I should have done is insist on a quick appraisal and a quick close, then take the offer that best matches your terms, for the house you're selling. If you haven't done so already, your realtor can probably set that up in the listing and in their communications with prospective buyer's agents. Buyers are willing to bend over backwards to try to meet everything sellers want just so then can get the house they really want. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Close first week of July on the Montana house, ours goes for sale Tuesday. I don't "need" to sell my NC house to move. Just would be nice to have it gone before I leave. It's much easier being non-contingent and I wish I was in that situation to start but I wasn't, mostly because the house we won is a HUGE upgrade for us. Good news is the closing is done on our current house and we have the money in the bank so we're now non-contingent. We're just renting it back from the buyer until we're out of here and he's a decent kid so it should all work out. I understand about wanting it gone. One thing I should have done is insist on a quick appraisal and a quick close, then take the offer that best matches your terms, for the house you're selling. If you haven't done so already, your realtor can probably set that up in the listing and in their communications with prospective buyer's agents. Buyers are willing to bend over backwards to try to meet everything sellers want just so then can get the house they really want. |
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Listed our house Sunday and already accepted an offer for more than we listed for.
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Quoted: Listed our house Sunday and already accepted an offer for more than we listed for. View Quote It's good to be a seller right now. Over asking price offers, waived inspections, offers to pay over appraisal if that's an issue, rentback of the sold home. Buyers are bending over backwards to get a damn home LOL. |
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Quoted: It's good to be a seller right now. Over asking price offers, waived inspections, offers to pay over appraisal if that's an issue, rentback of the sold home. Buyers are bending over backwards to get a damn home LOL. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Listed our house Sunday and already accepted an offer for more than we listed for. It's good to be a seller right now. Over asking price offers, waived inspections, offers to pay over appraisal if that's an issue, rentback of the sold home. Buyers are bending over backwards to get a damn home LOL. |
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Quoted: Had 4 more wanting to look today but I'm already tired of people wandering around my house. Probably could get more than what was offered but IDGAF. I'm ready for Montana!!! View Quote We got the same way. 1 offer on the table with a "preview" at a 2nd offer coming in (it was lower). The first was 8% above asking, waived everything and met our other terms so we took it. Easy peasy. Done in less than a day and got what we wanted. |
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Annnnnd they pulled out. The wife decided the drive was too long to work. Oh well, made $500. Listed again at 0900 today and had 3 showings today with 2 moar scheduled tomorrow.
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Quoted: Annnnnd they pulled out. The wife decided the drive was too long to work. Oh well, made $500. Listed again at 0900 today and had 3 showings today with 2 moar scheduled tomorrow. View Quote I guess with the market, they jumped before actually thinking about it.... Hopefully you have another contract by tomorrow! |
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Quoted: Congrats (again) I'm on the road Wednesday for a Friday arrival at our destination. Straight to closing then on to the new house. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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