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“Just Tell “Em to Make an Offer”: Why Buyers Don’t Write Offers on Overpriced Homes (at least in Minnesota)

How Motivated is the Seller Really? “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” —-Zen saying “When a listed home is priced right ” and well-prepped, photographed, marketed, etc. ” the Buyer will appear.” -—Ross Kaplan One of the most common lines listing agents (representing Sellers) hear from their clients ” particularly when their...
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“Just Tell “Em to Make an Offer”: Why Buyers Don’t Write Offers on Overpriced Homes (at least in Minnesota)

How Motivated is the Seller Really? “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” —-Zen saying “When a listed home is priced right ” and well-prepped, photographed, marketed, etc. ” the Buyer will appear.” -—Ross Kaplan One of the most common lines listing agents (representing Sellers) hear from their clients ” particularly when their...
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WSJ: “Stock Rout Puts Nasdaq in Bear Market”

  Dow Jones Drops 414 Points to Close at 22,445 Say what you will about the housing market’s up’s and down’s. But, I don’t know anyone who bought a home in early October for $270,000, that’s suddenly worth only $225,000 scarcely 10 weeks later. Yet, that’s almost exactly what’s just happened in the stock market. Just subtract...
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Amazon’s HQ2 Sweepstakes: Did the Company Negotiate in Bad Faith?

Winners Announced:  NYC, Northern Virginia “It’s possible that [Amazon’s] plan all along was not to open a second headquarters, but to open two, smaller satellites. What’s unlikely, however, is that the deals being offered to Amazon will change significantly, even though the company is effectively halving their investment.” –“Amazon Scammed America’s Hurting Cities”; The New...
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“Just Tell ‘Em to Make an Offer”: Why Buyers Don’t Write Offers on Overpriced Homes (at least in Minnesota)

How Motivated is the Seller Really? “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” –Zen saying “When a listed home is priced right — and well-prepped, photographed, marketed, etc. — the Buyer will appear.” –Ross Kaplan One of the most common lines listing agents (representing Sellers) hear from their clients — particularly when their...
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Stock Market Turmoil: What Comes Next?

Finding Out Who the Naked Swimmers Are “You don’t know who’s swimming naked until the tides goes out.”      —Warren Buffett. When stocks abruptly turn south, there are two kinds of Sellers:  those who want to sell, and those who need to sell. What would make a stock market speculator investor have to sell? I can...
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