Thanks “Raybyrnes” for not being as nasty and personal as many people on this website and trying to understand my point of view.
When I posted my comment, I thought the members on this website, which seems to be mostly potential buyers versus sellers, would be interested in a seller’s viewpoint on lowball offers.
Perhaps I didn’t make myself clear but what I was trying to say is that if a buyer wants to make a low offer, they should try to back it up with a logical argument. None of the lowball buyers I had offered any facts to back up their number whereas, I had a data sheet showing exactly where my price came from (comps, new construction in area, current listings, etc.). None of these buyers tried to dispute my facts and seemed to have no basis for their number. I would have welcomed the debate and perhaps would have been persuaded to negotiate more.
I was trying to give some advice from an alternate point of view but it seems like the majority of people on this website are buyers at “war” with sellers. I suspect there is some jealously out there but there’s always going to be someone out there with more money than you have so people need to lighten-up! I’m “jealous” of the guy posting the messages about his house hunt in Rancho Santa Fe!
By the way, when does the normal “buying season” start in San Diego? I know that the users of this website will dispute that there will be a “buying season” in San Diego but I’d like to know HISTORICALLY what this time period is.
