Comments on: CRISIS… http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/crisis/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Mon, 21 May 2012 04:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Missy Caulkhttp://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/crisis/#comment-29792 Missy Caulk Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:42:18 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=10513#comment-29792 Matt, I had dinner with a co-worker one night, she had just moved here from CA. She told me she stood at her fax machine as pages and pages of offers on her home coming in. I would not have believed it if I had not heard it with my own ears. She was able to buy in one of the top neighborhoods in A2 where most professors live. I think she was 25 years old. Glad you liked this it really helped me see the numbers and I could have a better idea of what we were going through. Matt, I had dinner with a co-worker one night, she had just moved here from CA. She told me she stood at her fax machine as pages and pages of offers on her home coming in.

I would not have believed it if I had not heard it with my own ears.

She was able to buy in one of the top neighborhoods in A2 where most professors live.

I think she was 25 years old.

Glad you liked this it really helped me see the numbers and I could have a better idea of what we were going through.

]]> By: Matt Stiglianohttp://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/crisis/#comment-29786 Matt Stigliano Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:52:04 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=10513#comment-29786 Missy - As someone who owned a home in CA between 2001 and 2004, I saw how the run up was affecting everyone. A home in my neighborhood, a quiet suburban neighborhood - perfect for a good starter home for a young couple, nothing fancy - this home went for $1.2 million. It was mind numbing. It was a tiny house, built in the 1940s and hadn't been upgraded in awhile. It just didn't make sense. It was out of control. I sold our house after three years and wound up with a 30% appreciation on our original purchase. We didn't upgrade anything or do anything extra except cut down a really ugly bush and plant a few flowers. It was bound to happen eventually (as cycles have predicted over and over again). Your advice is so very true and I'll be thinking about it each day. Thanks Missy! Missy – As someone who owned a home in CA between 2001 and 2004, I saw how the run up was affecting everyone. A home in my neighborhood, a quiet suburban neighborhood – perfect for a good starter home for a young couple, nothing fancy – this home went for $1.2 million. It was mind numbing. It was a tiny house, built in the 1940s and hadn’t been upgraded in awhile. It just didn’t make sense. It was out of control. I sold our house after three years and wound up with a 30% appreciation on our original purchase. We didn’t upgrade anything or do anything extra except cut down a really ugly bush and plant a few flowers. It was bound to happen eventually (as cycles have predicted over and over again).

Your advice is so very true and I’ll be thinking about it each day. Thanks Missy!

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