Curses, foiled again! What is it with my luck up here and the Neverending Battle for Houses? I'll bet people h ad largely the same experiences 10,000 years ago when going to sell their huts and stuff to each other. Suppose they had real estate agents back in Sumeria?
It's funny, but in the DC area, people don't carry on or try to outprice themselves; they know there's this thing called a market price and there's no fighting it. But Rochester is much more of a buyer's market than the DC area yet you wouldn't think it based on the way my recent potential sellers have been acting. After these past two days I found three nice places, and ranked them. I put an offer on #1 today, but $8k less than list (the most recent sale in their street was $10k less than what they had their place listed for, and it was a real nice place, too), and they countered with a $2k reduction and, get this-- they were going to take the washer and dryer, too!
Just when do they expect to sell this house I wonder? Next year some time?
Anyway, I will be heading out to my realtor's again tomorrow to put an offer on #2. That one is more worth the money they have it listed at, and so I doubt I will need to play the bargainer as much with this one. Sheesh.
As for my pre-med classes, I think I will be going (back) to the U of R for them. RIT has a good reputation for solid pre-med classes but alas doesn't have the class size to accomodate; most of their Fall quarter classes are already closed out! So I guess I will be heading back to my undergraduate alma mater for this, the next stage of my own version of the "Strange and Awesome Journey of Life". Not unlike an eagle returning to his natal nest or a salmon heading back up stream, yada yada yada. Well, maybe not that poetic an act, but still, it has some kick to it. :) I will be seeing UR's ac ad folks tomorrow and sign up for classes.
Oh yeah, I'm dropping $10k off my place in Alexandria. It seems the peak for this season was met in June and now prices heading into the Fall are declining; my realtor there is reporting price reductions all over the place. You can't fight city hall (or the market), that's for sure. So down comes the price. Que serah serah...
It's funny, but in the DC area, people don't carry on or try to outprice themselves; they know there's this thing called a market price and there's no fighting it. But Rochester is much more of a buyer's market than the DC area yet you wouldn't think it based on the way my recent potential sellers have been acting. After these past two days I found three nice places, and ranked them. I put an offer on #1 today, but $8k less than list (the most recent sale in their street was $10k less than what they had their place listed for, and it was a real nice place, too), and they countered with a $2k reduction and, get this-- they were going to take the washer and dryer, too!
Just when do they expect to sell this house I wonder? Next year some time?
Anyway, I will be heading out to my realtor's again tomorrow to put an offer on #2. That one is more worth the money they have it listed at, and so I doubt I will need to play the bargainer as much with this one. Sheesh.
As for my pre-med classes, I think I will be going (back) to the U of R for them. RIT has a good reputation for solid pre-med classes but alas doesn't have the class size to accomodate; most of their Fall quarter classes are already closed out! So I guess I will be heading back to my undergraduate alma mater for this, the next stage of my own version of the "Strange and Awesome Journey of Life". Not unlike an eagle returning to his natal nest or a salmon heading back up stream, yada yada yada. Well, maybe not that poetic an act, but still, it has some kick to it. :) I will be seeing UR's ac ad folks tomorrow and sign up for classes.
Oh yeah, I'm dropping $10k off my place in Alexandria. It seems the peak for this season was met in June and now prices heading into the Fall are declining; my realtor there is reporting price reductions all over the place. You can't fight city hall (or the market), that's for sure. So down comes the price. Que serah serah...
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