Questions about Painting to Sell
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Comments (1)your best bet would be to look around your area to see what [if] worms sell for - if there's someone around who might buy quantity, just ask what they'd pay, and look around the net for prices Bill Here is a link that might be useful: google search...See MoreHave a question about selling Moms house
Comments (13)"Amen," to what Sushipup just said. Paying for legal advice from a competent elder care attorney is worthwhile. It's much better to speak with an attorney before complications arise. That way, your attorney will be familiar with all the specifics that are unique to your situation when or if trouble arises. And having a small estate should not be a consideration. Even someone with just a house and a bit of savings can run into difficulties if they or their relatives do not do things properly. Consider it like insurance. You pay it and maybe nothing ever happens for a while.But when it does, you're glad you have it. When you have to deal with the complexities of Medicaid, etc., you'll be glad you consulted with an attorney and have a good CPA on your side. My county's Council on Aging provides low cost, sometimes free, services for the elderly. Can you avail yourself of a similar service?...See MoreQuestion about selling things.
Comments (6)I've sold a few things on Kijiji. (our Craigslist isn't as hugely popular as yours is). Anyway, it's been my experience that people offer you a lower price than the one you are asking. Only a couple things have people offered (and paid) full price. One was a sofa and loveseat. Yet I had a $12 purse for sale, and a lady offered me $5. So if I were you, I would ask more than you want, as protection for when people offer you a lower price. You don't need to explain the reason. Just say it works great. If people ask you can say you're getting out of gardening, or even thinking of going bigger!...See MoreQuestion about Selling House
Comments (11)I don't get it. I know what first refusal is, but last? Does that mean "James" expects you (and your realtor) to go through the trouble and expense of finding a qualified buyer and then he swoops in and (presumably) tops that offer? Sort of like sniping on eBay? While it is possible to exclude someone from the listing agreement's commission schedule, it doesn't seem fair to a potential agent to exclude a particular potential buyer who intends to top any other valid offer. Good for the sellers, perhaps, but a very bad deal for the agent - and a not so good deal for other potential buyers who are merely being used as stalking horses. Best bet is to get an appraisal and make an sales offer to "James". If he doesn't want to go for that price and you still want to sell to him, you could suggest that he pay for second appraisal, and then if the appraisals are still far apart, you could (jointly) fund a third appraisal to resolve the valuation question. The three-appraisal method is sometimes used in settling valuation disputes in inheritance or emminent domain matters. It only works if both parties are determined to settle on a price and proceed to closing. The cost of an appraisal (even paying for 1 1/2 appraisals each) is almost certainly less than a real estate commission. If James is really serious about repurchasing the property for a fair (to both parties) price, and not just wasting everyone's time, he shouldn't object to arriving at a sale price in this way. If he thinks the appraisal you paid for is wrong, then he gets a chance (at his expense) to provide another data point and you both have a way to further resolve any differences. You might point out to James that if he intends to top any offer that the REA scares up, he will be in effect paying for the amount of the commission anyway. In some circumstances if a REA finds a fully qualified, full-price offer that a seller refuses, the commission is still owed. It sounds to me more like James is hoping the property doesn't sell and he can pick it up for a bargain price due to the sluggish market....See MoreBilll
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