The names of certain foods that turn people off
Louiseab
3 years ago
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Comments (43)I bought my first home FSBO, a long time ago, and it was a very good experience and we became good friends of the seller. When we sold that house, we sold it FSBO. The buyers were out looking with their realtor and saw our sign. That house was on the market about 30 days. Our next house (one we built) was on the market, off and on, for 5 years, due to the very high interest rates. We tried to sell it ourselves and had interested buyers who would have bought if we had an assumable lower-rate mortgage. Our next house we bought through our realtor who sold the second house. When we sold it (the third house), we had to fire our realtor (a different one from the one who represented us in buying it, who was fixated on a buyer we had no interest in selling to - he lowballed us, was "going by the book" and we just knew he would walk for some reason as he showed no real "love" of the house) and advertised it ourselves and sold it four days later (to a couple who "loved" it). Our first realtor represented the buyers as a buyer's agent. Our next house we bought, out of state, through a realtor. But we sold it ourselves, in 45 minutes to the first couple that looked at it. If it's a good house, in a desireable neighborhood and priced right, and you feel comfortable doing all the work (but be sure to get a real estate attorney to look over all your paperwork before signing), go ahead. We are going to sell our present home, which we love, to build a smaller home and be mortgage free. One huge difference from before - the internet. But, we are going to go with a flat-rate site and pay a buyer's agent commission, if necessary. We have talked to realtors and have one picked out if our house doesn't sell in 30 days. A very similar house a few blocks away just sold a couple of months ago so we have a real good comparable. I've had negative experiences with realtors. One that we bought a vacation home through was almost a crook. We made an offer (we didn't have a buyer's agent - he wouldn't deal with them), told him it was our top offer, and he called us and said, "wouldn't you know, someone else who looked at the place earlier has offered more than you." We said, "fine, guess your seller will be selling to them." Twenty minutes later he called and said we had the condo. We sold that condo a few years later to friends of some neighbors without a realtor. That sleazy realtor owned one of the vacation condos and had most of the owners snookered into thinking he was the best realtor to list it as it was near a wilderness area and not near any urban areas. He would just put a sign on the highway and never marketed it to people in Seattle (about 100 miles away) and, when the Canadian dollar feel (most buyers were Canadians), the prices of the condos tanked because it became more expensive for Canadians to buy. In all of the cases (4 out of 5 sales) when we sold FSBO, we were able to save realtors' fees and were able to price the house accordingly so it would sell quickly....See MoreFB: How to stop the updates from certain people on facebook?
Comments (19)For whatever reason, nothing I posted yesterday went through... Strange! With this one "friend", I had hidden her earlier but wanted to give it another shot so I could see her stuff now and again (forgot why I hid her in the first place). I don't know what I did, but now all she posted got into my notifications. I did have her set to "follow", which is what I have my other friends set to as well, yet they only get on my notifications if I have commented on something (and similar), while for her, everything she did prompted a notification! I didn't mention the notifications part at first because it didn't dawn on me that this is why it became a problem. All her notifications were drowning out everything else. I think it has stopped now though. Hellion, I get what you're saying, but seriously, some people have no internet-social-skills and though I have over 200 friends on my friends list, only about two or three out of them are posting left and right about every thought that goes through their heads. Or they will share everything they saw that they found somewhat interesting. You can think "oh, cool!" and leave it to that, but don't share EVERYTHING that was cool or funny or cute with everyone! It's too much! I used to know how to simply hide these people, but now I can't figure it out. It makes for a much more pleasant experience to be on FB when these people aren't stuffing my newsfeed constantly. I seriously feel like I need to tidy up, just like when I organize a drawer at home....See MoreAsking people to bring food or beverages to a party?
Comments (30)Many times I don't come up with the right tone in voice/writing to express myself, and I can be easily misunderstood. I always need an editor, and I have lots here! Thank you all so much for "editing" the wording/potential interpretation. It helped enormously! DH was estranged from his kids for quite a few years, and all three of them suddenly mellowed a couple of years ago. They established a good, stable relationship and I want to continue that. Especially after the kids lost both their parents in 14 months, so I'm kinda sorta all they have left - scary thought :-) So, if they want to camp out, fine. They now know the rules (they absolutely, positively know what behavior their father would accept and what he would go ballistic about). They agreed that they are responsible for "their" guests. If it turns into mayhem and chaos, I have a stash of wine in the basement, I will sit with a glass in my hand, eat popcorn, and watch them clean it up, fix it up, or pay for it. I'm really looking forward to this celebration, and I'm not stressing at all anymore. Probably because I am the best (or is it the worst?) procrastinator in the ENTIRE universe, and I've started working on this early enough to think through the process. I can't tell you how much help you all have been!...See MoreWhat do you HAVE to have with certain foods?
Comments (30)I disagree with most of the above, but I do agree that deep-fried fish needs tartar sauce, but I always make my own, and I never use sweet pickles in it - only dill, if I put pickles in it at all. I've learned to make variations of tartar sauce, based on what I had in Brazil, and none of them are sweet. I don't have to have toast with egg - I often have tortillas or tostado, but I won't eat egg by itself. Half the time I do have toast, and the other half I have some form of tortilla. I do not put ketchup on anything - in fact I do not have ketchup in the house at all, except perhaps in some small packets from take-out that I never used. I only eat lamb when I go to a Middle Eastern restaurant, and even then I generally order something else, such as falafel. My favorite condiment is hot sauce, and I use that a lot and make my own....See MoreLouiseab
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