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Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15764225 02/09/21
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rem141r Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408	depending on your budget, schitters and kitchen would be my choice. and a good cleaning, carpets, etc. My diploma is a DD214

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Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15764283 02/09/21
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 JeffA Campfire Outfitter
JeffA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743	I've bought and sold quite a few homes over the years in about every price range. I'm pretty good at seeking them out too. So I guess I'll offer my 2 cents worth. Your place looks flippin' fantastic! I wouldn't put another dime into the house. But... Paint that shop to match the house, it jumps right out and slaps a guy in the face. An airless paint sprayer, 500 bucks worth of paint and a weekends worth of work and you'd be good to go. Oh yeah, blow them leaf's outta the driveway next chance ya get. lol

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15764445 02/09/21
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hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,027 Texas	Kitchen and bathrooms is what a woman will look at most.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15764588 02/09/21
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,062 Wyoming B Bob_H_in_NH Campfire Regular
Bob_H_in_NH Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,062 Wyoming	Don't do major things like granite, for all you know you pick something "ugly" to the buyer UNLESS things look very dated. Look around for easy paint fixes, around windows/doors for example. Look at AC/Funrance/water heater, how old? How's the roof? We recently sold a house without granite counter tops, it was a turn off for a set of buyers, but not for others. Curb appeal is #1, most houses I've looked at I can rule them out without getting out of the car.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15764984 02/09/21
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local_dirt Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 44,120 south of south	Originally Posted by Pharmseller Zillow discontinued the “make me move” feature, where the owner could say the house isn’t for sale but if some a-hole showed up and offered me $x, I’d sell. That was fun for me. I have it listed on Zillow now for about $75k over high market, just to see if someone bites. I looked at other homes in the neighborhood that sold recently and identified the highest per-square-foot sale. I multiplied that number by my square footage and then added $50k. Funny thing, Chase holds my note and their website says my inflated price ($899K) is below their top of the range price. Someone is smoking crack at Chase, as their top end is $1.1 million. I wish. Keep the advice coming, I really appreciate it. Kinda got in a fight with the wife this morning, I think she wants new flooring and what I’m hearing contradicts what she thinks. Edit to add, we got new appliances recently, the oldest appliance is the reefer and it’s only 2 years old. Stainless reefer, oven/microwave combo, and dishwasher, they match. Roof is 5 years old. Didn't see a link to your zillow ad. Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH

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Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? akasparky #15765547 02/09/21
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OP Pharmseller Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,124 Willamette Valley, Oregon	Originally Posted by akasparky I suppose you have good reason to wait 4 years? Yeah, kids still in school. Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Member #547 Join date 3/09/2001

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? local_dirt #15765551 02/09/21
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OP Pharmseller Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,124 Willamette Valley, Oregon	Originally Posted by local_dirt Didn't see a link to your zillow ad. https://www.zillow.com/homes/33913-Mount-Tom-Dr-Harrisburg,-OR,-97446_rb/48491189_zpid/ Somebody turn this into a link, please. Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Member #547 Join date 3/09/2001

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15765598 02/09/21
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Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,624 Nebr	Go to your listing, click share at the bottom it allow you to get a shareable link. Swifty

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15765649 02/09/21
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Jerryv Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,414 Minnesota	Zillow Link Here you go. Jerry Minnesota; Land of 10,000 Taxes

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767228 02/09/21
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OP Pharmseller Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,124 Willamette Valley, Oregon	Thank, Jerry, I’ll knock $5k off the price for you. P Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Member #547 Join date 3/09/2001

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Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767509 02/09/21
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TrueGrit Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 5,162 Middle Georgia	Clean, paint and de - litter and that might be a waste. We cleaned, painted, landscaped and had the pool replastered before we put our Florida home on the market. And by the 10th showing it was sold and the Yankees who bought it never spent a night in the house before having it demolished. Right now is a good market in four years it might not be. Life is good live it while you can.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767615 02/09/21
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Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,358 WA rain forest	When my father died 10 years ago, I painted the downstairs bathroom and put it up for sale with a relator. It sold the first day for $0.5M asking to the guy next door, who tore it down to the ground to rebuild it. After that, I would offer the place without changes, and if it sells the first day for full price....you know. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767702 02/09/21
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BobBrown Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 10,840 USA	Wow. Very nice place, OP FUGK CCP It’s time to WAKE UP GOD BLESS THE USA WWG1WGA THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767743 02/09/21
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2legit2quit Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden	I’ll just be happy if the housing market hasn’t tanked in four years. Joe is apt to have his hands full. Truth in advertising I though similar when Obama took over, but they kicked that can down the road by taxing our children more to pay for saving the bankers & of course cutting interest rates, doesn’t seem like they have much ammo left on cutting rates to me. I wish you all the luck & hope you get a great price on your home. I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767779 02/09/21
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utah708 Campfire Outfitter U Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,578	I'd hire a real estate broker to go through the house and tell you where to invest money on updates. Someone who knows the local market would ensure that whatever money you invest will have the most bang for the buck.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767821 02/09/21
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OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma	If you are looking to get 800 large out of it I would think it needs to be "move-in ready" meaning all updates complete. That could cost you a bundle, but if your house needs a couple of hundred thousand dollars in updates, it is what it is. Potential buyer will know this as well. I would rather sell "as is" and be willing to lower my price to the market. I don't like the idea of doing a huge update and then not get to live in it and enjoy it. "All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767850 02/09/21
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akasparky Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,019	I like the red paint on the garage, it looks fast.. Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex Originally Posted by renegade50 My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15767862 02/09/21
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JeffA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743	Originally Posted by TrueGrit Right now is a good market in four years it might not be. You bet, it's a gamble, high end housing market is hot today but won't last. The pandemic craz has effected the demand for affordable and exspensive homes in private rural settings, probably not so much years from now. Lots of other factors one can't predict, the dotcom crash in 2000 put the high end housing market into a downward spiral, that was backed by with 911 in 2001 that took it to deeper depths while affordable housing remained stable. Everything took a hit in the 2008 housing market crash and the market has bounced back remarkably, but maybe not in way that it will hold out. Some things might be more predictable than one might think.

Re: Where to spend money in preparing a house to sell? Pharmseller #15769246 02/10/21
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immature Campfire Regular I Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 504	Many high end buyers seem to see most places as a "gut job" so they can put their stamp on everything. Save yourself a lot of aggravation, stress, and possibly money, by just maintaining it in good structural condition, follow the above advice about cleaning and decluttering, price accordingly, and sell it "as is". That's how we sold our last house quickly in a town with a slow market. Increasing my post count so people will buy stuff from me

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