tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post32456695119928161..comments2024-03-28T23:30:10.056-05:00Comments on Gibberish: In which house-hunting takes a turn for the suckJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post-30625007979412081992014-09-30T14:47:46.132-05:002014-09-30T14:47:46.132-05:00Entirely possible, if not probable, this is an att...Entirely possible, if not probable, this is an attempt to upsell the price. The past couple of days I've posted about this specific property, yes, but before then I've not commented very much at all regarding our house-hunting effort, so I doubt they spent much effort tracking me down online.<br /><br />As to how far we can be pushed, our "best and final" counteroffer saw us sweeten the deal by going for an epic split of closing costs. THAT will show them we're not to be trifled with!<br /><br />On the bright side, one of our second choice properties with slightly more usable land just reduced their asking price by $10K. So there's that.Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post-21660143831158767492014-09-30T14:35:24.123-05:002014-09-30T14:35:24.123-05:00According to some quick research I just did, I'...According to some quick research I just did, I'd vote for the "fake auction to make a few more bucks" scenario. Fannie Mae uses brokers to sell their foreclosed properties, and this smells like scam to me. The broker handling the sale either read your eagerness or tracked you down online and knows how badly you want this property and is now testing to see how far you can be pushed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737598049116959997noreply@blogger.com