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Minnesota seller: At this point, wait for spring?

One of my goals for 2026 was to sell my 2-year-old, one-level home (purchase price 409K) and downsize to a more affordable townhome. Because my current home would be competing with new construction (in other developments; mine has been done for a while), the plan was to buy first, move, prep and stage, then list. But the buying side hasn't worked out as I'd hoped. New construction options I can afford come with major location drawbacks (near a data center or near a freight train; pick your poison), and rates are too high for resale (I currently have a 5.375% rate). Given that it's mid-August now, and even if I found something today that I wanted to buy and could close quickly, I'd be listing in Minnesota in late September/early October, which is not ideal. There's also an unfortunate recent comp in my neighborhood that sat for six months and sold for 415K (though that was a 2-car garage, and mine is a 3-car garage). Earlier this year, previous comps in my neighborh...
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Can’t Get A Hold of The Agent

I’ve been trying to get a hold of the agent on this listing for about two weeks now and no luck. I just had one, very brief conversation with them once asking if they were still accepting offers, they said yes and that was that. Since then, I’ve called, left voicemails and no response. Listing shows active and the Supra key is still on the door. The listing says to send offers to their email but I wanted to have a quick conversation before doing that. What gives? Don’t they want to move this thing? submitted by /u/da0217 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vn3125/cant_get_a_hold_of_the_agent/

Why does listing claim "motivated seller" when home has been on the market since last year and no price decrease, but an increase?!!!

I don't understand when agents claim to have a motivated seller, yet after the house has been on the market for several months, they haven't adjusted the price. Then looking at the history, I saw it was listed LAST YEAR and withdrawn. Then re-listed in May with a higher price than the price when it was withdrawn. Make it make sense... submitted by /u/Augatl [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vmz1qa/why_does_listing_claim_motivated_seller_when_home/

How to create a side income out of a Facebook group for house rentals?

​ Hello! I'm the only admin of a Facebook group dedicated to house rentals in my city in Mexico. The group has over 75k members. Everything has always been free. People post their houses and interested people comment and ask for an appointment to see the house. I'm not trying to make people pay for a free service, but I'm looking for options for how to earn some bucks (or potentially starting a business) by offering something on my facebook group. Any suggestions are welcome. submitted by /u/backwardbackwards [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vmkm8h/how_to_create_a_side_income_out_of_a_facebook/

With the new us housing law on the horizon is it time to sell if you can?

I'm in a pretty rough market at the moment prices down nearly 10% compared to even late last year but from what I understand the new housing law aimed at making house more affordable has a veto proof majority and will go into effect eventually. I am super for this, I want everyone to be able to own a home but looking after my own investment is it time to sell and wait to see how far the market drops or just stay out and hope for the best? No mortgage, any replacement property would be bought cash if that matters. submitted by /u/RedQueenNatalie [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vmnryt/with_the_new_us_housing_law_on_the_horizon_is_it/

How can I fire my agent.

That real estate agent friend that are known for 20 years. Never used him in real estate until now. Turns out he does not operate with any kind of speed or intensity found out his successes in selling low cost houses not a fully remodeled home. It’s right at market price. I signed the agent agreement. Is there a way I can get out of this? Can I threaten the broker? He keeps blaming everything on his broker submitted by /u/shitstain409 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vm2m9c/how_can_i_fire_my_agent/

Passing along information to buyer

Preparing to sell our house. Previous owner loved technology and smart features. We spent weeks trying figured out what was what and how everything functions. Do you think a list of known technology and apps to run it would be appreciated by the buyer? Also we have made improvements to the house like new windows, solar panels, etc. Would providing the information for what company did the work would be beneficial to the buyer? I would provide this at closing or after closing. submitted by /u/nearthebeer [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vm18q4/passing_along_information_to_buyer/

We almost got stuck with a property with an open Code enforcement, and possible water issue

My wife found some property(9600sq ft) that was clear cut and looked to be ready for building a house on it, for 85k. When we did a check on the parcel it had a possible issue that just said "Water". We got with the sellers agent and we were told that all violations had been taken care of and there was nothing open currently. My wife decided to work with the seller on getting a deal in place. She wanted to get more information on the water issue and she was able to work out a deal in that we could get the property looked at for a septic system and any other issue that may stop us from building a house on the property. My wife paid a 2k holding fee and a time frame to do the needed evaluation of the property. We found out that to get a septic system installed we would need to do a two season review of the property as the area is known to to have high water table and its also near a lake. The property owners, have had the land for about 5 years and they clear cut the land t...

Somehow wound up with one agent? Bad idea?

Wife is looking for a commercial property to buy to grow her business. Found the "perfect" listing herself while driving by, called her realtor that couldn't show it to her at that time. She then called the listing agent which was happy to show it to us a couple times now and ever sense then we've been doing everything, questions, showings etc. through the listing agent. Our realtor basically bowed out of the whole thing and isn't involved now. Q: We want to buy and now I'm kind of confused, we are going to write up an offer with the listing agent? I know agents aren't "fiduciaries" but I've definitely had agents on my side help me in my interest before. Q: Could I conceivably reduce agent fees to 1~2%? $3750~7500? We have had several legal questions concerning right of ways and suitability (ADA concerns etc) that we, on our own, sought independent council from multiple parties. Agent's really done nothing more than show up and open ...

First-time buyers in Italy – how & when should we approach real estate agents?

Please be patient with us – we are completely new to the real estate game! We’re a couple from Germany planning to move to Italy next year and buy a house. We’re about to spend two weeks driving around different areas and towns that look promising to us on paper - mainly in Abbruzzo But obviously, ticking all the boxes on an Excel sheet doesn’t mean we’ll actually like the place once we’re there. What we’re unsure about is how to approach real estate agents at this stage. Is it too early to contact them when we don’t even know exactly what we’re looking for yet? We definitely don’t want to waste anyone’s time, but at the same time, I feel like we need to see a few actual properties to understand the local market, what different budgets get you, and what kind of house we could realistically see ourselves living in. I’m also slightly worried that Italian agents won’t take us seriously because we probably sound like the absolute cliché: Germans coming to Italy, looking at old houses ...