Time to move

[Ameer]

Best wishes and I hope you have a higher class of customers in the new job.

[parabelum]

Glad you are enjoying your new gig. The house thing is just the devil trying to spoil things for you and cause distress. I pray that Lord sorts these things out for you and wish you safe time on the new job.

[Bitter Clinger]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

[Excaliber]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

After buying and selling a dozen properties, I can vouch for both of Bitter Clinger's words of wisdom.

If you follow them you won't be disappointed.

[SA-TX]

Congrats on your move to the Hub City. I don't get back there often since my time at Harvard on the South Plains but I hope it treats you well.

SA-TX

[nightmare69]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

The home owners of the first house we put an offer on should read this book. I put down 2 fair offers and they only come off the price 2K. This house has been, and still is on the market for nearly 2yrs. They are investors though and we were told they rarely negotiate. Enjoy paying the taxes is what I told them.

[twomillenium]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

The home owners of the first house we put an offer on should read this book. I put down 2 fair offers and they only come off the price 2K. This house has been, and still is on the market for nearly 2yrs. They are investors though and we were told they rarely negotiate. Enjoy paying the taxes is what I told them.

Fair is when both or all parties agree. They might have been thinking for you to enjoy renting. Just curious how far apart were you?

[Bitter Clinger]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

The home owners of the first house we put an offer on should read this book. I put down 2 fair offers and they only come off the price 2K. This house has been, and still is on the market for nearly 2yrs. They are investors though and we were told they rarely negotiate. Enjoy paying the taxes is what I told them.

Well, you also need a MOTIVATED seller! I see plenty of the very well to do in my neighborhood putting their homes on the market at outrageously overpriced asking prices, to see if they can snag yet another windfall. I find that buying and selling a home brings out the worst in most people and we walked away from more than one seller here in Dallas even though we were under a severe timeline and absolutely had to relocate. Buying and selling a home is probably the most unprofessional transaction that I have ever been involved in and when you have a deadline that just makes it even worse.

[twomillenium]

That is why you use a good Realtor.

[Bitter Clinger]

That is why you use a good Realtor.

And that is an oxymoron.

[nightmare69]

Greetings from Lubbock!

Unfortunately, we're having a difficult time selling our house in Houston and our lender for the Lubbock house decided to change the terms on the loan that my family had to stay behind until we can sell the house.

I started training for LCSO last week and I'm really excited to begin working for them. As with all things there are pros and cons (pun not intended) but the pros far outweigh the cons. This place is a whole lot better than Harris County SO and the moral is definitely higher. So far not regretting leaving Houston, just wish things would move faster on the real estate side.

We were in a somewhat similar situation when we moved to Texas in 2011. Here are two pieces of free advice -

1.0 Get one of these "St. Joseph sell your house kits" in a box:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000WMH1 ... B0041TH66C

And before you laugh at me, try it...it even works for Jewish people! Follow the directions and you will be amazed!

2.0 When you get the first offer, negotiate to close no matter what - never let that buyer get away!

The home owners of the first house we put an offer on should read this book. I put down 2 fair offers and they only come off the price 2K. This house has been, and still is on the market for nearly 2yrs. They are investors though and we were told they rarely negotiate. Enjoy paying the taxes is what I told them.

Fair is when both or all parties agree. They might have been thinking for you to enjoy renting. Just curious how far apart were you?

The last offer we were 15k apart and they wouldn't budge. These people were known to keep houses on the market for years until they finally either reduced the price or found some sucker to pay their asking price. It's worked out for us as a month later we put a contract on a better home for less money.

[Excaliber]

That is why you use a good Realtor.

And that is an oxymoron.

In my experience, that's not true unless you just walk into a real estate office and ask for any agent.

You need to qualify an agent in the same manner as you would an attorney. If you do that, you will very likely have a very satisfactory buying or selling experience.

Don't ask me how I learned this or how many times I did it the wrong way before I got it figured out.

[Bitter Clinger]

That is why you use a good Realtor.

And that is an oxymoron.

In my experience, that's not true unless you just walk into a real estate office and ask for any agent.

You need to qualify an agent in the same manner as you would an attorney. If you do that, you will very likely have a very satisfactory buying or selling experience.

Don't ask me how I learned this or how many times I did it the wrong way before I got it figured out.

They create NO value. They profit off the transaction and are highly overcompensated. Most cannot count to twenty without taking off their shoes.