I'm so beyond tired of looking at homes online, then seeing them in person, and they look NOTHING like what the online photos are.

These are wasting everyone's time. Agents, if you can't learn to to, or don't want to fork over for professional photos, find another line of work.

Trying to sell an inherited property, and the highly recommended agent insists on using these cartooninshly fake generated images.

Hello!

My husband and I are preparing to put our house on the market. Our biggest hiccup is that we have 8 cats that live indoor/outdoor. We do live on a 10 acre lot and the cats have a tree house that they spend a lot of time in during the day. Truthfully they are not in the house much except t night.

Our agent has walked through our house and said that there is no smell but to have the carpet in the bedrooms professionally cleaned. Otherwise everything else is perfect as is.

My questions is what to do with the cats when people come to view the house. I do still keep five (5) litter boxes in the laundry room for them at night. Has anyone else encountered anything like this before? I recognize people are on a spectrum for their feelings with cats. They either love them or have visceral feelings for them. I do not want my cats to hinder the selling process but do understand some people will make their decision not to buy bc we have cats.

Thank you.

Hey all, sorry for the novel of a title.

There’s a long back story here, but it boils down to this:

1. Sale price $255k
   
2. Mortgage balance $273k
   
3. We have a loss draft balance of $134k (house fire insurance funds, will be paid back to us).

Regarding #3, I already gave the mortgage company my letter of intent to apply that to the balance of the mortgage. Additionally, the payoff quote already states they will pull from this in the event the sale price isn’t sufficient to cover the mortgage.

However, they can’t put that on the payoff quote itself. Meaning, unless my title company says differently, I’ll need to go to closing with around $30k (I don’t have the draft closing document yet, that’s my guess).

My question: first, is it possible to negotiate with my title company on letting me closing without bringing that money (since it’ll be coming back regardless)? My guess it’s most likely not.

Second, what are my options if I don’t have the funds to bring cash to closing? I cant imagine it makes sense for this to hold up the sale of a home when there’s obviously the money to repay the difference thats already with the mortgage company, but each time I called to explain the situation, they were of no help.

I’ve thought of a bridge loan from a bank, but it’s annoy me to pay interest on that amount. Also I’m not sure how quick that can happen, because we’re supposed to close this week.

Anyway, sorry if I left out detail. Happy to provide anything else if needed.

Partner and I looking at a few places. Found one we like and get ready to put earnest money in place. Realtor says Earnest money must be sent through some app that we have to pay a 40 dollar fee to use. Is this a legit thing? Thanks

So we are looking at buying a house that has a septic system and we were able to get the last septic report which was done on 1.9.26 and the house has been empty since then. They actually had the house listed at 800k back then and its now down to 559k.

Anyways, in the back yard they have an old storage shed that's been there for years, apparently its on a cement slab, which I didn't not see as it has a wood floor. Should we be concerned. The report did not mention any other major issues except trees that are on the perimeter of the field. I have no problem removing the shed, although it would be nice to keep, its been there for a very long time from the looks of it.

Our HVAC failed at inspection (not a shocker - 26 years old). We need a replacement ASAP. A highly recommended journeyman installer (hes done several neighbor's systems and was recommended by coworkers as well) is available to do the job for thousands under the next bid. He can provide an invoice with his license number. He did advise that, with journeyman status, he cannot pull the permits. My realtor said we wouldn't be able to get the permits in 13 days anyway. The buyer addendum states the system must be new and in working order.

What would your level of concern be here? I'm not even sure the expensive regional company would be able to get permitted either.