we lost out on one killer house; we were one of 2 offers still in the running. we countered; then the other buy countered and said they would be willing to give more $ than us, AND be willing to accept the house as-is / no inspection. even though the listing was not listed as As-is etc. That was one house that came on the market Friday at noon, we viewed it Friday at 5pm and it had probably 15 people walking through it. we offered, and there was 8 offers on the table by 6pm.

****ing insanity.

I think when I'm ready to move again in the future, maybe 10 years, I'll probably just burn it down. it'll be easier that way.

Lol I was think about that too. Just collect the insurance and no headaches

If you call prison no headaches.

Sounds like they wised up or the citizens objected.

When you would bring it up to anyone that grew up there, they would just look at you funny, as it was normal to them.

I was thinking about if it burned down, not setting it on fire. I ****ed that up. Thanks for setting me straight pig man

Thanks buddy! I can do the sale, which is easy for me, and let the lawyer/realtor do the law side.

Turn that crib into a meth lab an you'll have buyers lined up around the block.

I seriously don't know how those "house hunters' shows are so popular. I mean, are there people out there who actually enjoy buying a house and moving?


It was fun for us for about the 1st two weeks in April. By September, we were so sick of looking at houses (online and in person) that it was hard to even look at a house objectively. was I wanting to offer on a particular house because I wanted it. Or, offering on it because I wanted the nightmare to end? lol.

it all worked out in the end. I really like the house we're in . But holy shit......
it was a horrible experience. Just......horrible.

If you can’t find someone local let me know I’ll get you the number for the folks up here.

We're going to be downsizing in a couple of years (at least that is my thought. not so sure my wife is bought into it yet)

I am not looking forward to going through the whole process again. I told my wife, we're going to find 10 acres somewhere and put a double wide on it. Life will be good.

We're walking away with $160k, next house will be $260k max...I think we're good.

It starts out fun when you're thinking about it, but once you're into it you realize it for the hell it is. Same thing whenever I decide I want a new vehicle, I start out excited about it, start looking around, and after a week or so of sifting through overpriced junk, or "it's already sold" or idiots that don't respond to ads likely because they sold it but never bothered to take the ****ing ads down and so forth, I am ready to kill someone.

I have one for you....happened about 30 years ago when the wife and I were still living in the KC area.

We saw a nice little house we were wanting to buy....had a buyer for our house and we were closing in 30 days.

We made a bid on a house and found out there was another bidder. We offered 5% above asking because it was worth it and in a neighborhood we wanted to be in.

In the end we lost to the other bidder because he offered 15% over list. That part didn't upset me...some you win some you lose.

What pissed me off was the gall of the guy to call me the next day to ask me if I wanted to buy it from him on a lease-to-own option.

I was mostly just venting, but yeah that's pretty awesome.