Comments on: The Friday gathering – Misc updates edition

By: PopTop

PopTop — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:54:08 +0000

Thanks for mentioning the new PopTop site! Glad to see you in the top 25%… that’s something to be proud of!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:49:12 +0000

I didn’t know that the banks didn’t put much effort into tracking down thieves, but when you think about it, it would probably cost them much more than they could ever hope to recover. I’m sure for them it is strictly a dollars and cents business decision.

Thanks for highlighting the Carnival of Financial Goals!

By: glblguy

glblguy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:34:49 +0000

@Kristin – I don’t even recall, I threw away her info.

@AnnMarie – No, we aren’t officially looking around that much just yet, otherwise I would have gotten a buyer’s agent.

@Brad – lol…too funny. I even proof-read the article twice and still missed that one and another one I just found. Hard to see the forest for the trees I guess. Thanks for the catch

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:52:58 +0000

Was the house really moving on a lake? (”for sail”)

You may want to correct the text in the post to use “sale” and delete this comment.

Brad

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:28:13 +0000

Thanks for the mention – I need to get in on some of the other giveaways!!

By: AnnMarie

AnnMarie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:01:26 +0000

What, aren’t you using a buyer’s agent? If not, get thee one immediately. They are so wonderful to work with because they represent YOU not the seller of the house. Ours was great, and was really on our side. The only downside is that you end up buying a FSBO house, you will still owe them a commission (whereas with a regular seller who uses an agent, the two split the commission). (But since FSBO are usually cheaper due to not having a commission it might come out even.) And they take care of keeping in touch with the seller’s agent, and in a case like this, the selling agent probably wants to keep on the good side of your agent since they will work with each other for other sales as well.

And if you don’t end up buying, at least in our case, you don’t owe your agent anything.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:53:01 +0000

What is with real estate agents? My fiance and I saw a home that was for sale at what seemed like a fantastic price. We weren’t planning on really looking until after our wedding in a few weeks, but this seemed like a great deal. We drove by the house, liked the look, but had a few questions. I have tried to contact the agent to ask a few preliminary questions and have gotten no response. I would think with the way things are going in the housing market these days that real estate agents would jump at a chance to have a serious buyer.