backup offers; odds

[edna_mode]

scaredy, should we talk you down?

beware the 3 stages of denial!

1. not me
2. not yet
3. not that bad.

or in the case of housing:

1. “i’ll never fall in love (with a house)”
2. “i can afford to underbid/procrastinate”
3. “it’s not that expensive. it’s MINE for only a leetle more…”

of course, pot kettle black from this renter. i’m quite sure when my time comes i’ll be in the throes of oxytocin-induced house-lurve fever…

[jpinpb]

scaredy – been there a few times. Does not get easier, either, until you detach youself. The very first time I made an offer on my dream house and got outbid, I actually cried tears b/c I fell in love w/the house. Since then I have learned to not be emotional. Adopt a Dr. Spock attitude until it closes escrow.

It’s difficult, but not impossible. I get hopeful w/every offer I make, but don’t hold my breath. I just had another disappointment the other day on a place that went pending and it wasn’t my offer that was accepted. Gets less devastating. Funny thing is that when I look back on all the places I’ve made offers on that I thought was the one I wanted, other ones have surfaced that I thought were better. There’s only 2 I still wish I could’ve gotten, but the time and price was not right, so I accept it as wasn’t meant to be.

Feel the loss, then get right back to looking. Don’t give up. Things will work out.

[jpinpb]

scaredy – been there a few times. Does not get easier, either, until you detach youself. The very first time I made an offer on my dream house and got outbid, I actually cried tears b/c I fell in love w/the house. Since then I have learned to not be emotional. Adopt a Dr. Spock attitude until it closes escrow.

It’s difficult, but not impossible. I get hopeful w/every offer I make, but don’t hold my breath. I just had another disappointment the other day on a place that went pending and it wasn’t my offer that was accepted. Gets less devastating. Funny thing is that when I look back on all the places I’ve made offers on that I thought was the one I wanted, other ones have surfaced that I thought were better. There’s only 2 I still wish I could’ve gotten, but the time and price was not right, so I accept it as wasn’t meant to be.

Feel the loss, then get right back to looking. Don’t give up. Things will work out.

[jpinpb]

scaredy – been there a few times. Does not get easier, either, until you detach youself. The very first time I made an offer on my dream house and got outbid, I actually cried tears b/c I fell in love w/the house. Since then I have learned to not be emotional. Adopt a Dr. Spock attitude until it closes escrow.

It’s difficult, but not impossible. I get hopeful w/every offer I make, but don’t hold my breath. I just had another disappointment the other day on a place that went pending and it wasn’t my offer that was accepted. Gets less devastating. Funny thing is that when I look back on all the places I’ve made offers on that I thought was the one I wanted, other ones have surfaced that I thought were better. There’s only 2 I still wish I could’ve gotten, but the time and price was not right, so I accept it as wasn’t meant to be.

Feel the loss, then get right back to looking. Don’t give up. Things will work out.

[jpinpb]

scaredy – been there a few times. Does not get easier, either, until you detach youself. The very first time I made an offer on my dream house and got outbid, I actually cried tears b/c I fell in love w/the house. Since then I have learned to not be emotional. Adopt a Dr. Spock attitude until it closes escrow.

It’s difficult, but not impossible. I get hopeful w/every offer I make, but don’t hold my breath. I just had another disappointment the other day on a place that went pending and it wasn’t my offer that was accepted. Gets less devastating. Funny thing is that when I look back on all the places I’ve made offers on that I thought was the one I wanted, other ones have surfaced that I thought were better. There’s only 2 I still wish I could’ve gotten, but the time and price was not right, so I accept it as wasn’t meant to be.

Feel the loss, then get right back to looking. Don’t give up. Things will work out.

[jpinpb]

scaredy – been there a few times. Does not get easier, either, until you detach youself. The very first time I made an offer on my dream house and got outbid, I actually cried tears b/c I fell in love w/the house. Since then I have learned to not be emotional. Adopt a Dr. Spock attitude until it closes escrow.

It’s difficult, but not impossible. I get hopeful w/every offer I make, but don’t hold my breath. I just had another disappointment the other day on a place that went pending and it wasn’t my offer that was accepted. Gets less devastating. Funny thing is that when I look back on all the places I’ve made offers on that I thought was the one I wanted, other ones have surfaced that I thought were better. There’s only 2 I still wish I could’ve gotten, but the time and price was not right, so I accept it as wasn’t meant to be.

Feel the loss, then get right back to looking. Don’t give up. Things will work out.

[scaredyclassic]

i reject this reasonable point of view. it’s this house or nothing.

[scaredyclassic]

i reject this reasonable point of view. it’s this house or nothing.

[scaredyclassic]

i reject this reasonable point of view. it’s this house or nothing.

[scaredyclassic]

i reject this reasonable point of view. it’s this house or nothing.

[scaredyclassic]

i reject this reasonable point of view. it’s this house or nothing.

[moneymaker]

Yes you’re done for! But if it will make you feel better I think it’s more like 50% of houses fall out of escrow. If you think it’s bad now, wait till your backup offer gets accepted then escrow takes twice as long as you thought it should and you get scared that you too might fall out of escrow. That’s when things get tense.

[moneymaker]

Yes you’re done for! But if it will make you feel better I think it’s more like 50% of houses fall out of escrow. If you think it’s bad now, wait till your backup offer gets accepted then escrow takes twice as long as you thought it should and you get scared that you too might fall out of escrow. That’s when things get tense.

[moneymaker]

Yes you’re done for! But if it will make you feel better I think it’s more like 50% of houses fall out of escrow. If you think it’s bad now, wait till your backup offer gets accepted then escrow takes twice as long as you thought it should and you get scared that you too might fall out of escrow. That’s when things get tense.

[moneymaker]

Yes you’re done for! But if it will make you feel better I think it’s more like 50% of houses fall out of escrow. If you think it’s bad now, wait till your backup offer gets accepted then escrow takes twice as long as you thought it should and you get scared that you too might fall out of escrow. That’s when things get tense.

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