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MineralMan

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12. Yeah...it's costlier now to move than it was then.

Reply to themaguffin (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:51 PM

Oct 2021

However, it's the actual process that is the real stressor, I think. Moving is a very difficult thing, no matter when you do it. The financial part is the smallest of the stresses, it seems to me.

I've never lost money on a real estate purchase. I've not made as much as I hoped, though, a couple of times. If you buy and stay for years, you're going to get more than you paid, as long as you don't have to sell under duress.

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The Real Estate Booming Seller's Market Is Not Universal [View all] MineralMan Oct 2021 OP

Good advice... agingdem Oct 2021 #1

It's a tough decision, isn't it? MineralMan Oct 2021 #5

yes it is... agingdem Oct 2021 #7

Yeah, I get it. I'm 76 years old. MineralMan Oct 2021 #8

Like you, I've had it with home and yard maintenance agingdem Oct 2021 #13

I'm in the business. Every word you typed it true. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #2

Well, a seller's agent is always going to try to get the maximum MineralMan Oct 2021 #6

Whenever I buy a house I'm thinking re-sale. My last one sold for cash on day 1 lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #3

We won't even list our home. drexelkathy Oct 2021 #4

Where I live and in many others places where I know people, it's the same thing right now. themaguffin Oct 2021 #9

Yes. We ended up paying $15K over asking price MineralMan Oct 2021 #10

I feel fortunate to have moved in late 2019. I know how hard it is now. themaguffin Oct 2021 #11

Yeah...it's costlier now to move than it was then. MineralMan Oct 2021 #12

realtors jcgoldie Oct 2021 #14

I think my former next door neighbor is sadly learning that lesson. GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #15

I'm not surprised. MineralMan Oct 2021 #16

Agree, but when the house actually goes on the market and you start to GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #17

Freak-o-nomics Jimbo S Oct 2021 #18

We hit the tail end of the bidders' frenzy in our neighborhood outside Knoxville, TN peggysue2 Oct 2021 #19