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January 13th, 2015 at 09:44 pm

After receiving a revised offer from the first set of buyers, we have decided to go with the offer from the second set of buyers. While the revised offer was $6K above asking price, with the amount of closing costs they still wanted us to cover and all the fees we would have to pay dealing with a VA loan, it still came out to $500 less than the offer from the 2nd set of buyers.

If they'd been willing to go up $1K higher or reduce the amount of closing costs they wanted us to cover, which they wouldn't, it would have been worth it, but all things being almost equal, we decided it was better to go with the people who were straight-forward and had less hoops we'd have to jump through, and who didn't try to majorly lowball us on their first offer. The first folks gambled. They tried to play hardball instead of making a fair first offer. They lost.

So the realtors will fax the paperwork to DH to sign and then once they've got it back, they will come over here for me to sign it this afternoon and we will be under contract again. Hopefully this time all will work out, but with the letter from the bank in hand, it seems like it should.

6 Responses to “House Stuff”

  1. Ima saver Says:
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    Congratulations!!!

  2. creditcardfree Says:
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    That is great news! The best offer for you is what is important. I think people put in low offers to see how far buyers will drop from their listing price.

  3. Bluebird Says:
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    So happy for you!

  4. Kiki Says:
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    Super duper wonderful news!

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Fantastic news!

  6. PNW Mom Says:
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    Great news.....praying it all works out!

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