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Originally Posted by subordinate
Starting my search ....and depressing.  |
I know how you feel
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Originally Posted by G0rilla
Just went to a few open houses today in Richmond, same typical bullshit. Right beside the feature sheet, the realtors had a stack of sheets listing the assessment price and the asking price was lower of course to start a bidding war.
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Just about every listing my realtor sends me is of a place with a listing price way below market value. 90% of them only allow viewings on weekends or at an open house and will only accept offers 2 weeks later. Gives people plenty of time to get the most amount of views possible with lots of attraction from the price. Half the ones I look at are sent to me when they go up so I'll ask my realtor to set up something for tomorrow after I'm off work. I'll get a call or text from him a few hours prior to going there saying they've already an accepted offer. I'll look back at the listing a while later to see what the sell price was and some of them are 30k+ on a small 650sq ft apt in Langley or Maple Ridge. I'm not even able to view half the ones I'd like to see. They've got accepted offers within 24 hours.
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Originally Posted by Traum
Been looking at my options for a while now since we are outgrowing our current space, and the only realistic shot at home ownership that I see now is to invite the MIL to live with us and move into a bigger space together. 
Oh gosh... no...  |
Was talking with my girlfriend today and she was mentioning that one of her co workers has a kid and her fiancee has 2 kids. They're getting married in the next few months and they've been desperately looking for a larger place to live for a while now. They'd like to buy but can't, and they'd be happy to rent but finding a place that's able to hold a family of 5 is seemingly impossible.
I don't know how some people do it...