We live in Eastern Massachusetts (coastal town) and just bought a new home that we're moving into towards the end of August. Our agent is suggesting that we wait to list our condo (2b,2b) until after Sept 1, with an open house on Labor Day weekend. She says that the last weekend of the summer is always a bad time for open houses, while people who are looking will come to an open house on Labor Day weekend. We trust her expertise in the local market, but it just makes us a little nervous, because we thought holiday weekends were generally considered a bad time to list. What do you all think? submitted by /u/dagaetch [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vi481h/when_should_we_list_our_condo/

For those of you who go with a spec home, vs a custom, what are the reasons? Also same thing for those who go custom. Thanks. submitted by /u/Witty-Atmosphere-211 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vhdz4w/spec_homes/

We are in Oregon and bought our house in 2023. it’s an older house (~90 years), on an acre within city limits, and has a well and septic. We love it and want to make this our forever home. When buying, there were a lot of issues identified on inspection. New roof was need, foundation needed shoring up, etc. It’s an old house that could have been maintained better for sure. We got bids for all the proposed work and used those to receive credit at purchase. The DEQ septic inspection was done by a local company that still provides septic services in our area. It said our collection tank was 500 gallons, made of concrete, cracks were forming, and it should be monitored for replacement. The inspection did not include the distribution box or drain field. This was acceptable to us and we did not seek credit or a price reduction for the septic system. Fast forward to this week and we had out septic pumped for the first time for preventative maintenance. The technican opened the lid, which w...

Basically we are under contract to buy a place that is in a different school district only a 4 mile drive from our current house, getting the kid there wouldn't be an issue, we are actually closer than the new house is. Buying this house has a contingency on selling our house - its a rural area and its the top of the market so it could take up to 3 months. The sellers understand this, its a FSBO/no agent deal, our friends live next door to the house and the sellers are happy to sell to us. If it takes too long I'm qualified by the bank to take on the 2nd mortgage as well, but obviously want to avoid that. School starts the 2nd week of September. Our kid did pre-kindergarten for 3 & 4 year olds at the same elementary school that kindergarten is at, so its "his friends". We could pay a small tuition to enroll our kid into kindergarten or have the sellers "lease" to us for residency until we can close to get him into the new kindergarten at the beginning...

I’ve been an agent for a few months now and I just don’t know where to start online. I’m in the standard “attractive female” category by other’s opinions so posting online shouldn’t make me shutter but it does. Idk what’s holding me back from posting on FB. Maybe I’m afraid of what some people might comment? Idk. I also don’t want to seem too sale-sy to my real friends. Did any of you overcome your aversion to posting online? Where do you even start? Is it possible to be a low-key agent and not post a bunch online in this day and age? submitted by /u/juicydreamer [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vgxffl/can_you_make_it_in_real_estate_without_posting/

I live in a judicial foreclosure state (Louisville, KY). I have a neighbor who has been causing a lot of disruption and recently found out he is involved in a foreclosure case. Here is what I have learned about it so far from other neighbors and looking at the public records I can find online. His mother was in the house before and died last year. He now occupies the house. A lis pendens was filed by JP Morgan Chase in Florida in December. I guess it was originally against her estate and unknown heirs, but this neighbor currently living in the house was added by name in an amended lis pendens in March. I called the courthouse to ask about it, and all they could really add over the phone was that there are warning order attorney's involved and multiple cross claims. I didn't realize on Courtnet you can search by case. I learned today that this neighbor is listed "individually and as a cross-defendent." Louisville Metro is also listed as a cross-defendent. I'...

Hello! We are selling our home to buy our next home and we close on Monday for both transactions. In our contract we requested and were granted 3 days of delayed possession so we can close on Monday and move what we can afterwards, have movers come Tuesday and be done early Wednesday so we can clean so it’s ready for our buyer before the 3rd day. Our buyer has requested their final walkthrough for tomorrow, 4 days before closing. Problem is, our house is packed but not perfect as we still have regular day time jobs and a toddler to clean up after every 2 seconds. Is there anything we can do to make a packed house still look ok? Besides moving boxes to maybe just one area? I just feel bad that they are walking thru a disaster zone because of mid packing, but she requested this early date so I am sure she has a reason for it! Our final walkthrough thru is Sunday at our new house that we know is empty. Thoughts? submitted by /u/ashlynise [link] [comments] source ht...

Edit: We are moving out this weekend. Consensus seems to be retake the photos with the house empty and update the listing with that. Our house is $215,000 - 3 bed 1 bath. We had a kitchen fire two years ago and completely gutted and rebuilt the house. New roof, new hvac, new electric, new insulation, new interior. The works. Our realtor has been fairly uncommunicative and I personally think our pictures are not good. Do you all have any advice? For example, our home has been on the market for a week now and we are about to have our first showing. I suggested we do an open house and we got no response. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1822-Rosewood-Ln-Elkins-AR-72727/72868720_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare submitted by /u/LayupsR4Basketball [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vg9rff/we_are_selling_and_im_afraid_our_realtor_took_bad/

So I’m in the process of listing my house. I live just outside a historic district in Tampa, but my house was built in 1918. It’s a fantastic house and I love it a lot, but we need more space and are buying a house where we can live with more extended family. We haven’t actually listed the house yet, and the reason is that we are stressed about “staging.” Tbh it would be fine if it were just my partner and me. We would just throw everything in storage and leave whenever anyone was touring it. But we have a four year old and a newborn. There’s tons of toys and baby stuff everywhere, and I can’t think of a way we could store those for the whole time we would have it listed. It just doesn’t feel fair to my kids, or practical for us. My question is: how do people do this? Is there any way to do this that doesn’t disrupt my children’s lives? How much “staging” actually needs to be done? submitted by /u/Pinkturtle182 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r...