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  • May 23, 2008 at 7:40 AM #210564
    PD
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    My target price has stayed about the same. However, my finances have improved quite a bit. The net effect is that my payments would be (if I bought right now) less than I was planning on a couple of years ago.

    People move and think in herds. We are arcing in a new direction. We have been piggishly guzzling in a bigger, better, grander, richer acquisition phase as a country for many years. The new thinking will be smaller, simpler, and more efficient. Everyone is suddenly going to start talking about the joys of great gas mileage, a smaller home to clean and less debt.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM #210426
    NotCranky
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    I have never bought a house that I couldn’t pretty easily get someone else to pay for or that would force me to lose money without a job.There are a couple or negative consequences. My anti-authoritarian streak has been afforded the opportunity to thrive and I have missed a lot of opportunity for not predicting how high the bubble prices would get, but other than that it has worked out pretty well.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM #210495
    NotCranky
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    I have never bought a house that I couldn’t pretty easily get someone else to pay for or that would force me to lose money without a job.There are a couple or negative consequences. My anti-authoritarian streak has been afforded the opportunity to thrive and I have missed a lot of opportunity for not predicting how high the bubble prices would get, but other than that it has worked out pretty well.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM #210523
    NotCranky
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    I have never bought a house that I couldn’t pretty easily get someone else to pay for or that would force me to lose money without a job.There are a couple or negative consequences. My anti-authoritarian streak has been afforded the opportunity to thrive and I have missed a lot of opportunity for not predicting how high the bubble prices would get, but other than that it has worked out pretty well.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM #210542
    NotCranky
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    I have never bought a house that I couldn’t pretty easily get someone else to pay for or that would force me to lose money without a job.There are a couple or negative consequences. My anti-authoritarian streak has been afforded the opportunity to thrive and I have missed a lot of opportunity for not predicting how high the bubble prices would get, but other than that it has worked out pretty well.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM #210579
    NotCranky
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    I have never bought a house that I couldn’t pretty easily get someone else to pay for or that would force me to lose money without a job.There are a couple or negative consequences. My anti-authoritarian streak has been afforded the opportunity to thrive and I have missed a lot of opportunity for not predicting how high the bubble prices would get, but other than that it has worked out pretty well.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM #210436
    SD Realtor
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    It seems to me that there are two types of fence sitters right now, those who are willing to put plans aside for another few years and those who are not. This seems to be especially true for the more desireable locations. It seems like it is slowly sinking in for potential buyers that the large percentage chunks that they were hoping for in a relatively quick timeframe will indeed take longer to materialize then they hoped for. They are adjusting accordingly and cementing a mindset that they are going to outlast the sellers who seem to still not get it. This is a good thing.

    The other classification of fence sitters has a much shorter time horizon and are either continuing to submit the lowball offers now or will take a shorter break. They will continue to eyeball inidividual listings as they come out and will submit lowball offers. Yet they have not established a longer term strategy of saying okay we are staying off the train for a good two years PERIOD.

    The one common theme I think that all have admitted to is that we are not near a bottom.

    SD Realtor

    May 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM #210505
    SD Realtor
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    It seems to me that there are two types of fence sitters right now, those who are willing to put plans aside for another few years and those who are not. This seems to be especially true for the more desireable locations. It seems like it is slowly sinking in for potential buyers that the large percentage chunks that they were hoping for in a relatively quick timeframe will indeed take longer to materialize then they hoped for. They are adjusting accordingly and cementing a mindset that they are going to outlast the sellers who seem to still not get it. This is a good thing.

    The other classification of fence sitters has a much shorter time horizon and are either continuing to submit the lowball offers now or will take a shorter break. They will continue to eyeball inidividual listings as they come out and will submit lowball offers. Yet they have not established a longer term strategy of saying okay we are staying off the train for a good two years PERIOD.

    The one common theme I think that all have admitted to is that we are not near a bottom.

    SD Realtor

    May 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM #210532
    SD Realtor
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    It seems to me that there are two types of fence sitters right now, those who are willing to put plans aside for another few years and those who are not. This seems to be especially true for the more desireable locations. It seems like it is slowly sinking in for potential buyers that the large percentage chunks that they were hoping for in a relatively quick timeframe will indeed take longer to materialize then they hoped for. They are adjusting accordingly and cementing a mindset that they are going to outlast the sellers who seem to still not get it. This is a good thing.

    The other classification of fence sitters has a much shorter time horizon and are either continuing to submit the lowball offers now or will take a shorter break. They will continue to eyeball inidividual listings as they come out and will submit lowball offers. Yet they have not established a longer term strategy of saying okay we are staying off the train for a good two years PERIOD.

    The one common theme I think that all have admitted to is that we are not near a bottom.

    SD Realtor

    May 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM #210553
    SD Realtor
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    It seems to me that there are two types of fence sitters right now, those who are willing to put plans aside for another few years and those who are not. This seems to be especially true for the more desireable locations. It seems like it is slowly sinking in for potential buyers that the large percentage chunks that they were hoping for in a relatively quick timeframe will indeed take longer to materialize then they hoped for. They are adjusting accordingly and cementing a mindset that they are going to outlast the sellers who seem to still not get it. This is a good thing.

    The other classification of fence sitters has a much shorter time horizon and are either continuing to submit the lowball offers now or will take a shorter break. They will continue to eyeball inidividual listings as they come out and will submit lowball offers. Yet they have not established a longer term strategy of saying okay we are staying off the train for a good two years PERIOD.

    The one common theme I think that all have admitted to is that we are not near a bottom.

    SD Realtor

    May 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM #210589
    SD Realtor
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    It seems to me that there are two types of fence sitters right now, those who are willing to put plans aside for another few years and those who are not. This seems to be especially true for the more desireable locations. It seems like it is slowly sinking in for potential buyers that the large percentage chunks that they were hoping for in a relatively quick timeframe will indeed take longer to materialize then they hoped for. They are adjusting accordingly and cementing a mindset that they are going to outlast the sellers who seem to still not get it. This is a good thing.

    The other classification of fence sitters has a much shorter time horizon and are either continuing to submit the lowball offers now or will take a shorter break. They will continue to eyeball inidividual listings as they come out and will submit lowball offers. Yet they have not established a longer term strategy of saying okay we are staying off the train for a good two years PERIOD.

    The one common theme I think that all have admitted to is that we are not near a bottom.

    SD Realtor

    May 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM #210446
    jpinpb
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    Well, I know I’m looking for something less than I was two years ago, but my circumstances have changed b/c the 5 acres I have in the high desert that was in escrow is now in litigation. That was going to be my big down payment to help buy a place w/out the trick loans. That being tied up means I will have to consider lower priced places.

    Funny how things work out.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM #210515
    jpinpb
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    Well, I know I’m looking for something less than I was two years ago, but my circumstances have changed b/c the 5 acres I have in the high desert that was in escrow is now in litigation. That was going to be my big down payment to help buy a place w/out the trick loans. That being tied up means I will have to consider lower priced places.

    Funny how things work out.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM #210543
    jpinpb
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    Well, I know I’m looking for something less than I was two years ago, but my circumstances have changed b/c the 5 acres I have in the high desert that was in escrow is now in litigation. That was going to be my big down payment to help buy a place w/out the trick loans. That being tied up means I will have to consider lower priced places.

    Funny how things work out.

    May 23, 2008 at 8:35 AM #210563
    jpinpb
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    Well, I know I’m looking for something less than I was two years ago, but my circumstances have changed b/c the 5 acres I have in the high desert that was in escrow is now in litigation. That was going to be my big down payment to help buy a place w/out the trick loans. That being tied up means I will have to consider lower priced places.

    Funny how things work out.

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