The Move '02: this act's a comedy?
Now things are just getting comical. My partner just called. Apparently, our realtor had a walkthrough of our house today with several of her colleagues, including her manager. I understand that this is commonly done before they open the house up for official showings. After walking through it, her manager and several others felt that the house was way underpriced, and our realtor called to tell us that now she is suspicious of the appraiserassessor's report! WTF?
Now she says that we should increase our offering price from where we currently are (~$330's) to "at least" $400K. I can't understand what just happened-- is our realtor a newbie? I saw the appraiserassessor's report, and he listed our house as "average" in many areas when realistically, there have been many updates and improvements over the years. I was told by our loan person that the appraiserassessor has been in business for 10 years, but even she (our loan person) was surprised that the offer price was that low-- she had asked him if it was a typo.
I just want to sell the thing, but I don't want to get ripped off either. It seems more and more that our realtor doesn't value our opinions on anything that doesn't have a form or application associated with it. I suppose that's fair though, since I don't value her opinions either. Why should I? Talk about flipping the bozo bit! Geez!...
On the bright side, it's like we have new free money... I mean we could offer $375K and still be $40K over what we were originally going to offer.
Here's a thought: maybe the house is too gay. I hate to fall back on old stereotypes, but there are so many "touches" that maybe only someone with innate designer qualities would appreciate them. We are the third gay male couple in a row to inhabit the house. All the switches have dimmers. There is a pond *and* a waterfall in the backyard and it looks like a Key West bed & breakfast courtyard back there. There is a skylight in the master bedroom's shower. The kitchen is black, white and chrome. Even though we don't have a bidet*, maybe all these things are only "qualities" to someone who recognizes and appreciates them. Hence the wide variance in asking prices. I wonder if her manager is gay? I'll have to ask. Apparently we're meeting with our realtor tonite to go over new numbers. More info later.
* Sorry, couldn't resist. We know a couple who have a Panasonic "automatic" bidet in their master bathroom that they had imported from Japan (one half of the couple is originally from Japan). Every time I attend a party at their house, I have to make it a point to use the bidet at some point in the evening, even if I just sit there. The seat is heated and it actually has a robotic arm that swings out to dry your bum with hot air after the rinse. Yow! :)
3:19:34 PM 
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