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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 ...
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Jaded seller

I relocated two years ago for a new job. My wife was still working her position a couple hours away so we kept the home for her to live in. However, during that time, we have listed a few different times to try to sell the home. I am now on my third realtor. The initial interview seemed great. Seemed aggressive. Now, more weeks into signing documentation and the home still isn’t listed yet. Also was super responsive in the beginning but now it’s days before I get any correspondence back. The first two times I had costs I had to cover with canceling the contract. again here I am pictures and things have been done that I’m going to have to pay for. I don’t have a great feeling about it and giving my past experience. I don’t wanna waste any more time with someone who seems to be phoning it in right from the get-go after the contract was signed. Sorry, I’m just venting, but I’m super frustrated with the third person who hey seriously lacking in communication. The business I’m in, the...
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I feel lost and dont know when I should pull the trigger on my first property

Hello, I'm 19 and I've been interested about getting into this field for a few years now. Right now I work a decent job but I would love to get the ball rolling on my true passion. Eventually, I would love to quit my full time job and go all in with real estate. My plan was to start small with a duplex for househacking and scale my way up. In my mind this is a cheaper entry point and maybe an easier way to start. My biggest issue right now is that I have no idea where to start. I've watched YouTube videos on this topic for a year now but I still feel lost. Another issue is that I don't know when it's time to pull the trigger and purchase the first property. I don't want to purchase it without enough knowledge but at the same time I feel that if i wait until I'm ready it'll never happen. I'm hoping that some of you could provide some basic topics for me to study that will point me in the right direction and get me started. Also, any advice or perso...
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Selling the top of the market in a rural area

I don't want to dox myself so I don't want to post a link, but we've been on the market for ~2 weeks and only had 4 showings, with about 10 people showing up to the open house last weekend. All of the feedback has been great, the pictures are amazing, it has a good drone video with like 15k views on Facebook with people in the comments gushing over it, which I consider pretty good when our town only has a population of ~8k, maybe ~15k people live within 10 miles of the house. It has like 130 zillow saves while the average house in 2 weeks around here has like 10. Like the house is stunning, it sucked our family in with remote work, for the money you'd be happy to find it basically anywhere in the US. We just want to move next door to some friends with mountain bike trails, nothing personal against this house other than proximity to our friends. The house is 2x the very low median income price of a house, but the size is 2-3x the median. It also has some nice amenitie...
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Saw a home with a different random realtor, now we are interested in purchasing said home. Did we f up?

tldr; Saw a house we actually liked with a different agent than our regular one by tagging along on someone else’s tour. Did we mess up if we ultimately put an offer in on the house? We have been looking at homes for a few weeks now with little luck. Pretty much every single one has a major issue that takes it entirely out of consideration. During this time period, we have worked with one specific realtor who has done a great job and we want to stick with. On our own we have also been going to a few open houses here and there. Here is what created the problem. We went to what we thought was an open house. Turns out the website we saw it on pulled the wrong info, and it was a week later. Through pure happenstance, a different real estate agent with clients came at the same time for a scheduled showing. At this point, either the clients or agent (can’t really remember which) offered if we would still like to see the house, they wouldn’t mind us tagging along. Reason being, they weren’...
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Emptying and selling in-law’s home

My husband and I have the enormous task of emptying and selling his mother’s home. Luckily she wasn’t a hoarder or anything and we’ve had some time to prepare, so a lot of the junk is already gone. Does anyone have any tips or resources for how to go about this? We will be living in the home while we clear it out, so that kind of complicates things. submitted by /u/Expensive_Goal_4200 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vk078u/emptying_and_selling_inlaws_home/
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Hiring a team to negotiate for me.

I want to negotiate on Ben Mallah's house and other properties, but to say the market is over-priced is an understatement. I'm aware how dealers and brokers transact with each other to run up the price, but then they all end up with inflated inventory that just sits. Dealers/Brokers use the price points on Zillow, Bring a Trailer, Cars and bids to signal value to retail buyers and get bigger loans with cash-out refinancing. Where is the buyer who wants a tuscan house in Florida? They dont know about planes? Realistically, the buyers for this got vaporized. The mechanics that allowed people like this to get rich sitting off their asses is ova. This is the perfect opportunity to low-ball the shit out of the house. It's ok because Ben would advise it. If dealers are going to inflate the costs and fck the middle class with PPP loans and ZIRP era shenanigans, the least they can do is provide content for social media. submitted by /u/Heidi_PB [link] [co...
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Another rent or sell situation.

I own half a townhouse. Strange area for housing prices. I snagged it 12 years ago for 42k. My financial situation made me take out a 30 year loan which seems silly but it is what it is. I still owe $30k. Assessment is $120k, so we have some good equity. 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car garage, good sized yard. We just purchased a large 2600 sq/ft 6 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage house. It was a foreclosure, and all the copper had been stolen out of it so it needs plumbing and heating redone. We got it for $45k. Contractor says $70k to get it to living condition. I figure I could rent my current home out for $1600 a month. But then I have $120k in debt on the new one to pay back. Or do I sell it, and pay down all or most of the debt on the new one. Looking at all my options and would love some opinions. submitted by /u/SkittleCar1 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1vjo6ve/another_rent_or_sell_situation/
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Would you buy a dream house if the land behind the backyard is zoned for a 5 storey 55+ condo?

The home and property check allllll the boxes. Beautiful well-kept, treed and fenced backyard on a pie-shaped lot. Large kitchen. Gas fireplace in the living room. 5 bedrooms, 4 baths. Mudroom. New hardwood and ceramic tile floors. Within budget. The only problem is the potential for a future 55+ condo overlooking the backyard. I believe the condo would be 40 feet from the property line. I estimate we would see 1, maybe 2 storeys above the trees. I believe this has decreased the price significantly. We would not be able to afford a home like this otherwise. Additional info: - We live in a cold climate where it’s only balcony weather 5 months of the year. - the condo would be to the north and not block any sun. - we currently live in a duplex. The neighbours keep 6 mini poodles on the other side of the shared wall, and there’s a loud concrete factory across the street. We are used to a lot of noise, so I think we could handle construction noise. submitted by /u/s-aman...
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Seller completely shut us down, no counter. Anyone have this happen to them?

Saw a house twice. We waited a week to offer on it as my husband had surgery and I wanted to wait until he wasn’t loopy to make an offer. Listing says motivated sellers…the seller is an older woman and her mother. I think it was intended as their forever home but her mom could not get up stairs anymore. They’ve already moved from the home so it’s vacant/empty. Been on the market 3 months…again, they made a huge deal about how “‘motivated” they are and the seller is literally begging people on fb to share it and that she needs help to sell. Offered right at 10% below asking which my realtor thought seemed decently reasonable. He even told me they seemed highly negotiable before we put it in. They rejected with no counter. We verbally offered up to 5% below and they still rejected with no counter. It’s obvious they do not even want to attempt to negotiate or speak with us, they are very short and have said both times “good luck” I am left baffled. Obviously there’s not anything we ca...
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