In todays market, realtors advise buyers to waive the home inspection if theyre serious about becoming homeowners.
It’s no longer required, and sellers don’t want the hassle of negotiations.
They give specific viewing times, and there’s a deadline for bids.
It’s a total seller’s market.
As a result, buyers are forced to take incredible risks to buy a house.
I couldnt believe it.
I’ve never trusted them.
When my wife and I bought our house, offers always came in lower than the asking price.
Our home was listed for $130,000, and my wife offered $93,000, which infuriated the seller.
We ended up getting it for $110,000, $20,000 below asking.
A young working couple has little chance of competing in that inflated market.
That meant meeting directly with realtors…
I spent 45 years working in houses, so I know a little somethin' about em.
Those houses have"curb appeal"but nothing else.
I’m all about thebones.
My son asked me what I felt was a deal breaker.
I didn’t need a realtor to tell me that the house had a water problem…
It had lots of other random holes, too.
Not surprisingly, there were a dozen mouse traps scattered around the basement.
That’s also adeal breaker.
Another house we looked at had in-ground termite traps around the entire perimeter of the foundation.
“(Yeah, right!)
I wasnt buying it.
The one thing you’re able to’t choose is your neighbors.
I believe it was a very effective deterrent.
Another house had a life-size plastic horse and matching pony in its front yard facing the street.
Strange yard ornaments, indeed!
The realtor conveniently left out thatBrian Albert’shouse was just around the corner from the one we were looking at.
Can you sayKaren Read?
They may not have liked what I was saying, but they listened.
A song for all the fucking realtors lying through their teeth…
To be continued…
