Avoid Realtor fees if at all possible. Find a friend who has done it without before or hire a lawyer to handle paperwork for a lesser fee. These days even if you split the fees you will end up paying $10-20,000.
I'm no handyman but have fixed several where you just have to screw the old one out and new one in. Once I spliced the line and put a new section in held with hose clips. Won't do that again. Few years ago I rented a jump house/water slide for kid's birthday. They came and set up and took down. About 5 minutes after they pulled the stakes out and left I had a big mound in my backyard. Yep, they puntured a hose. The spike sealed it until they pulled it our. This mound was huge and full of water. Last fall I had 5 that weren't rotating anymore and hired that done.
It does seem that replacing the sprinkler heads costs like $5 and takes just a minute or two to do. I've never had a sprinkler system though, so even knowing what type of sprinkler head they were was all new to me.
Been in our house 12 years and I have replaced about 20 sprinkler heads. Did have to pay to have a couple of the valves replaced earlier this year.
Our realtor was almost more harm than good, she said she didnt think the layout of the house would work for us before we even stepped foot inside. We have been here 12 years and love our house. She told us what she was sure what the sellers lowest number is and I offered less and he took it. I basically needed her to open the door for us and get out of the way.
I believe they cut some off the bill. Enough to cover having it fixed. It was an honest mistake. I did flag the sprinkler heads but they had no idea where the lines ran exactly. Although it must have taken some damn good wacks to get through the hose line. It’s pretty stiff rubber.
We put our previous house on the market in October. No serious offers first month. Realtor wanted to drop the price. People told me it would sell quick in tie spring. We weren’t in a hurry so we held off. Come March it sold right away for asking price. Guess no one wants to move in the winter if they don’t have to.
I saw an article about people with variable rate loans that are about to get hit with big jumps in their interest rates/payment amounts.
I'm glad it worked out for you. And most of the time it does. Sometimes though, it comes with being cash strapped.
Yeh who knows down the road. Built in Sgt Bluff in 2016 for $330 and now appraised just under $500. Houses still don’t last long when they go up for sale here. New development near us is about 1/2 full now. Noticed houses are smaller with no finished basements and fewer bed/bathrooms to keep the cost around $500. Our house is 1,700’ up but has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths and 2/3 finished basement.
Time in the market beats timing the market, can always refinance later.
We got a fixed rate on our first house and owned it about 18 months. We got a variable on the second that we owned for 10 and rates actually went down. Our current loan is a variable and is in around 2.5% but will jump soon. There is a limit on how much it can jump per year. It will probably suck the next year or two but we certainly saved a lot of money the last 20 years or so going with variable rate loans.
Of course, but it doesn’t make sense to do for at least 18 months from what I understand speaking with my realtor friends. OP doesn’t sound like he wants to buy, rather being forced to consider it as he has to move. And to those saying it may only drop a point, well depending on the price of the house, that could be a significant amount. I’m just saying, if he’s not ready to buy, I personally would wait🤷♂️
And did he buy them in the hammock district. Hammocks hammocks hammocks is my fav
Home ownership is not ubiquitous with adulthood, but I’m happy you found your home that you’re excited about. My first home I felt the same way. Put a ton of work into it, and when I sold it I was +$40k.
With zillow and your comments, this is a big reason why I don't understand the value of a realtor. We did FSBO on our first home 5 years ago, i managed all of the conversations, and we received 4 offers and one 10% above asking within 24 hours.
Not saying you are wrong, but sometimes it just takes the right buyer and seller, and the right timing. Also maybe your friends rolled on some concessions or had to deal with some disclosed issues...
Yes. There are ways to keep your closing cost down. DO NOT let the Lender or RE Agent determine who YOU are going to use for your Title Work, Closing and Settlement. There is money to be saved there. Now, if THEY want to pay those fees....fine. But, if YOU are paying these and they say you have to use who THEY say...go to a different Lender or RE. They have agreements with someone and are not looking out for your pocketbook. Trust me.
