Just to clarify: the $862K home that I mentioned WAS a model home. The selling agent is actually living in it (as a rental)and when we said, “oh, a model – that’s great” his reply was that buying a model home is not always a good option because during the boom, the developers sometimes “threw them up in a few days” to meet the extraordinary demand.
I thought it was odd that the agent was willing to share this with us but, then again, we also made it clear that an $800K house was WAY out of our price league.
What you said about the agent wanting an easy commission,and not wanting to bust their butt on a short sale makes a LOT of sense.
