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B Rice wrote: you couldn't sell a house in my towm right now without new carpet and paint at the bare minimum

It will be the buyers market for a few years until the shakedown it complete.

Same thing happened in the early 80s, early to mid 90s and now.  All part of a recurring cycle.  That is why we decided to sell our house in the L.A. area when we did despite protests from doubters of the current situation arriving.  We owned in the late seventies and sold with a profit before the RE crash.  We bought in the late 80s and got caught in the RE crash that took our home from $175k to $70k, then when we hit $325k in 2005 we cashed out and bought this place in Oregon which was cheaper (until us Californians moved here - over half of the population is now former Californians who own outright) with no intention of playing that game of chicken again.  At 56, I am not willing to start over.

Someday, after I am retired, the sellers market will return and fixer-uppers will sell.  Now I just laugh at the prices these morons have their homes listed at knowing they are at least 40% over value.  Want to drive a seller nuts?  Look up the appraised value on the property tax roles and offer that to them.  Pisses off RE agents too who are desperate enough to sell a home and required by law to present the offer.  Great game to kill time at some unlucky souls expense.  And if they did go for the deal, you got a steal.

Dude....therapy. Elsewhere you tale credit fpor the guy leaving after he clearly states he is going on a trip...

Relax bro...have a brew and wipe this off your shoes.

Soil,
I will not be posting as I have obtained the information I needed, and I am leaving for a business trip to Zurich in the morning (this is in Switzerland, which is located in Europe.) Europe is located east of where you are, and not in Canada.

If you had ever been to Europe, or ever read a Wall St Journal or any other news source other than the latest issue of Hustler, you would know that poor Americans can't come to live here for entitlements as you must submit financial records showing you meet the income amounts based on the size of your family before they will give you a permit to live in the E.U. ( This means European Union and is a group of nations that formed an alliance.) I have a family of 4, so how poor can I be?

Now, let's be honest.. What kind of man would write " go finish playing with yourself"? What kind of business " man " would put a graphic of a character showing his ass on a message board ? I know Bart Simpson would. I know Al Bundy would, and Al Bundy was a loser so my question is not hard to answer.

Now, let's be honest... What kind of business " man " would refer to himself as " YOYOMAMA" on any written correspondence? Would the CEO of GE ever view himself with such pathetic disrespect? Or, does he maintain the highest level of professionalism at all times? Does the owner of any successful company fill out his own profile and make a mockery of himself by calling himself a pimp?

You my friend are a thug and two bit creep. Your mind is in the gutter, and it is guys like you, who make guys like me, have to apologize for Americans every where we go. You bring your Al Bundy sewer with you, even on a Canadian board, and pollute the place with insults and threats, and cheapen what it means to be a decent American above all the hate guys like you spread around the world. Your idea of free speech is when you agree with the thugs who want to push people around and bully, if you don't then you shout them down, and insult them. It is morons like you, who have Americans hated around the world because you can't keep your trash mouth shut. This is why we get spit on around the world. You ought to be f**king ashamed of yourself for acting like a trailer park piece of trash on a foreign message board, and confirming what most people all ready think about us.

Not to take sides, but I have fairly nice home, bought it new but if I bought previously used house (for me, not for one of my rentals) I would rather have my kids playing on cheap new carpet rather than someone elses problems(could care less how high end it was!)

Let's take a look at your own profile, written by you, that speaks volumes about who you are, how you do business, and your " professionalism."

Real Name:	Jojo Mama
Gender:	Female
Date of Birth:	Not Given
Age:	Unknown
Location:	Oregon
Homepage:	Not Given
Occupation:	Pimp
Interests:	Not Given

This reads like someone who was recently released from prison wrote it. It is an earthquake of " ignorance" as you put it. Maybe you should print it out and you can use it as your own self written character reference and give it to your potential customers. You can pump my gas, you can even cook my burger at MC'Donalds, but who would let a creep like you in their home to be around women and children? The answer is nobody, and there is no amount of slick marketing that will change who you are when the doorbell rings.

Since a large number of the members on this board are from the states, congratulations of effectively alienating the lions share of them.  You implication is that americans are somehow inferior to canadians in matters of caring for homes.  NO, we are equal and as I previously stated you are talking out your ass when it comes to marketing to real estate agents or homeowners who will gladly trade a fast sale at a higher price for a few dollars upfront.  In todays real estate market it is dog eat dog. 

And you should know (before making yourself into an even bigger fool) that real estate in America is being bought by Canadians, not Americans, in droves.  Oh, of course you wouldn't know that.  You aren't in daily contact with real estate agents like those of us who see them everyday outside of the office.  You are living a bubble of ignorance, sheltered from the truth that would quickly unravel your fantasy world and leave you no solid terra firma on which to make your febble stand. 

The shift in currency exchange rates makes our property very attractive right now.  So, competing for the same finite collection of buyers, sellers attempt to out do each other.  And we, being experienced at what sells, know a new car or near new will always sell quicker and at a higher price than a used one.  Either put in new carpet or give them a carpet allowance.  

Put your ideas into practice before offering them as gospel.  I have fired employees like you or encouraged them to walk for challenging everything that is status quo as if by some miracle they had been endowed with divine inspiration making them the messiahs sent to save your business.  Remember what college does for society.  It provides "A" students the forum to teach "B" students HOW to work for the "C" students who will then teach them how to swim with sharks without being eaten.

Do not pretend to be an expert when you are surrounded by people who are experts at promoting their businesses.  Go sell it to a panhandler on the street.  Or get a job and stop trying to sell us your worthless swamp land.



Edited by Soil Lint Green - 22/February/2008 at 12:46pm

Soil,
I think your way of thinking will work great if your target group is flipp'n houses in the " hood." But, a $300.000 home usually has a decent high grade carpet. The owner ( a decent hard working family man) most likely took care of it. Why would you want to tear out a carpet like this, and replace it with a cheap low grade carpet? Can you move out all of the furniture, replace the carpet, move it back in, cheaper than the cost of a good " cosmetic " cleaning to compliment the home when it is viewed by a buyer? Why would anyone tear out a $6000 carpet in a $300.000 home, and replace it with a cheap low cost carpet? I would rather have it cleaned, make it look like a well kept home, make it smell fresh, and let it compliment the place. A great low cost investment for a homeowner, and a great market for a carpet cleaner. I have bought many homes, and all the sellers had one thing in common, they cried at the closing, and talked about the memories they had, and how much they hoped I would have the same happiness living there. They didn't throw me the keys, and run out of the room. As far as brokers not having time for carpet cleaners, title companies, bug control, they should find a new line of work, because a prick like that would never get my listing. The people reading on this board are Canadian, who clean for decent people who most likely dread selling there place, and have lived there for years. JMO