Holy Crap. the world just exploded

[Dacks]

Make sure you ask for your offer to be contingent on a Holmes Inspection.

Damnit, we went with a go-go gadget inspection...

 

[puckhead]

UPDATE:

We're getting the house after all. I had left out some key elements of the story because they didn't seem relevant but here's how it actually went down:

- We made an offer, expecting a lengthy negotiation
- I made April Fool's joke
- Got a call from agent, who said someone made a better offer, and assumed our offer had been rejected
- Found out late yesterday that before the better offer came along, the seller had already given us a counter-offer, which means we have dibs on the house until 8pm tonight

So we're off the to finalize the deal! Woohoo! It's a little bit pricier than we'd hoped, as we had planned to negotiate it down another 10k or so. But if we don't take the current offer, we'll be stuck in a bidding war, which would drive the price up. I imagine the seller is currently kicking themselves and hoping we don't accept.

Meeting in 10 minutes, so I'm off! Homeownership, here I come!

congrats!! an extra $10k is WELL worth avoiding a bidding war if it's the home you really want.
you are out of the doghouse afterall!

 

[beantownmaniac]

I drove to my buddy's house today, jimmied open his car door, rolled down his window (old style manual crank), and stole the change out of his ashtray. Then I dumped the box of broken glass I brought all over his front seat.

He is currently driving around with his window rolled down, covered in plastic and tape.

ya know, to complete the joke, you have to sneak back, put the change back, and roll up the window, maybe leave a note saying "sorry, wrong car"

 

[ritari330]

Careful puck, you might turn into a foodie...

What in the world is Pahstah

 

[beantownmaniac]

UPDATE:

We're getting the house after all. I had left out some key elements of the story because they didn't seem relevant but here's how it actually went down:

- We made an offer, expecting a lengthy negotiation
- I made April Fool's joke
- Got a call from agent, who said someone made a better offer, and assumed our offer had been rejected
- Found out late yesterday that before the better offer came along, the seller had already given us a counter-offer, which means we have dibs on the house until 8pm tonight

So we're off the to finalize the deal! Woohoo! It's a little bit pricier than we'd hoped, as we had planned to negotiate it down another 10k or so. But if we don't take the current offer, we'll be stuck in a bidding war, which would drive the price up. I imagine the seller is currently kicking themselves and hoping we don't accept.

Meeting in 10 minutes, so I'm off! Homeownership, here I come!

Congrats buddy. Looks like the jokes on.......well.........the other bidder, lol

 

[IPostedWhat]

Iggy just scored his 1st goal as a Penguin.

I just figured this news belongs in this thread.

 

[beantownmaniac]

What in the world is Pahstah

Ya know, spighetti and such, and it's wicked good with a good sauws on it.

 

[Dacks]

congrats!! an extra $10k is WELL worth avoiding a bidding war if it's the home you really want.
you are out of the doghouse afterall!

It was the home we wanted. I think we were starting to get a bit aggressive, talking strategies for what we thought would be a back-and-forth negotiation, and were blindsided a bit by the development. But I crunched some numbers, and the extra $10k is an extra $2k on the downpayment (which we can afford) and barely anything on the montly mortgage payments. Definitely not losing the house over.

We take ownership May 30th, should be exciting.

Oh, and I'm definitely doing that car window prank on a friend at some point. Genius.

 

[mattola]

congrats!! an extra $10k is WELL worth avoiding a bidding war if it's the home you really want.
you are out of the doghouse afterall!

i agree. its worth the avoided aggravation long term

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

UPDATE:

We're getting the house after all. I had left out some key elements of the story because they didn't seem relevant but here's how it actually went down:

- We made an offer, expecting a lengthy negotiation
- I made April Fool's joke
- Got a call from agent, who said someone made a better offer, and assumed our offer had been rejected
- Found out late yesterday that before the better offer came along, the seller had already given us a counter-offer, which means we have dibs on the house until 8pm tonight

So we're off the to finalize the deal! Woohoo! It's a little bit pricier than we'd hoped, as we had planned to negotiate it down another 10k or so. But if we don't take the current offer, we'll be stuck in a bidding war, which would drive the price up. I imagine the seller is currently kicking themselves and hoping we don't accept.

Meeting in 10 minutes, so I'm off! Homeownership, here I come!

there is no enforceable contract at this point.
If you want it, communicate acceptance quickly, or they can withdraw their counter without consequence at any time prior to you communication of acceptance of their terms.
If you make any changes though, still no contract until they acept, and so on.


edit: i re-read see now the timeline, you probably already did this. derp reading no my favorite thing, me likey more speak without detail of stuff, just yappy yappy