A realtor from Century 21 came out on Wednesday of last week. He had seen our house on Craigslist and seemed pretty certain that even in today's market, there shouldnt be much of a problem selling it. After much consideration, we decided to sign w/ him-only to be told that he wouldnt be able to actually sign w/US until we improved the 'curb appeal' of our property. Which takes money. So again, we're at a stand still when it comes to 'officially' listing the house.
In the meantime, we have listed it w/ five free FSBO websites, including Craigslist and kijiji (ebay's version of Craigslist) in hopes that it will sell before we ever sign w/ a realtor at all. Wouldnt that be great? The proverbial 'pbthhht' in the face of the guy who claims 'selling w/ a realtor is the ONLY way in today's market'. hee hee. THat extra 12,000 certainly wouldnt come amiss.
http://nashville.craigslist.org/reo/925867197.html
Anyway, I looked back over my earliest postings to this blog and I'll admit it made me really really sad. I do love my house. I love my views, my dogs that run free, and the herds of deer that skip around on our hill. It's obvious from the things I wrote that I thought we'd never leave. But priorities (and economies) change and we have a new set of goals that don't involve the upkeep we took on with this place. To be honest, we really don't have the time or funds to bring it to its true potential. Yes, we should have thought of all of this three years ago (when we started building) but we were too excited to really weigh out the pros and cons adequately. So lesson learned.
Now, we're not really sure where we'll end up after we sell. We still would like to try the desert out for a while but are not too certain if that is the wisest initial move; perhaps a transition period somewhere local makes more sense. We do know that we want to be in 'town' somewhere-close to things we can actually walk to-with little or no upkeep so that Jew can focus on other things for a change. Renting will be our first step for sure. Maybe even home schooling. Who knows? And after a couple of years, we may decide this area is where we need to be after all. Sometimes you just need to step back and tilt your head.
1 comment:
Well, I hope all goes well. And I too, hope that you can "stick it to the man" by selling it yourself without using an agent. That'd be lovely. The economy is forcing a lot of things on people they didn't plan for(how in the world could anyone plan for this mess we're all in??), so no worries. :)
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