Diaper Swappers

Dmpmercury · 06-02-2012, 08:07 PM

I'm glad your place has sold and they accepted your counter. That is a huge relief. It will be ok. It will be nice to live in a low cost of living area with a decent income. When you are looking for rentals if you search the address on trulia there is an area where you can check for schools and crime. Good luck finding a place. It is pretty stressful.

dagmomma · 06-02-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by momomom

They accepted our counter. Now guess what? Dh's company isn't going to pay for a house-hunting trip for us!!! Ugh! Renting over the internet sight-unseen. AGAIN! Double UGH.

O well, house is sold, offer was cash

so 1 more year of crappy renting and then, finally, hopefully, we get to settle down!

Congrats and

I think we will be in your shoes in 5 days!

Leanbh · 06-02-2012, 08:36 PM

Will the company pay for you guys to stay in an extended stay place for any length of time? I know that's what DH's company does. At least that way you can check out a good place to rent......

kalasin · 06-02-2012, 10:53 PM

Honestly it should not be hard to find a home in Omaha. Dh and I drove around for one afternoon with his mother, checking out all the "we have the floor plans, you pick your plan and visit the home design center" type builders, which were EVERYWHERE, and could have made an offer that day had dh actually had orders. Now, if you go that route like we did here in Vegas, it takes about 2 months to actually build the house, but I'd probably look for a short term lease in Omaha if you really want to buy. Of course, if you want to spend a year really getting a feel for the area, that's fine too! We were pretty comfortable, having MIL live there for so long.

Wanderlust · 06-03-2012, 05:10 AM

Glad to hear that! Can you just stay in a hotel for a week or two when you first arrive and then find a rental? I'd rather do that so I could get the "feel" of the neighborhood I was going to be renting or buying a house

ETA: The Omaha metro area has lots of housing, so you won't miss out on a great rental by waiting till you arrive

jamieism · 06-03-2012, 07:26 AM

We are kind of in this situation. We have a house we want to sell. We are not under water but what we will get is less than what we put in. It's super frustrating since if we had sold it a few years ago we could easily have gotten double. But at this point the thing is just costing us money, and we are ready to walk away. We countered, they countered our counter and we are going to take it. I am praying it goes through bc I just do NOT want to be on the hook for this place any longer!!

MCR · 06-03-2012, 08:34 AM

Congrats on the sale.
Good job you are on here with all the mamas who know the area you are moving too, at least you can ask here and they'll let you know if the area is a good one.

drabekgirl · 06-04-2012, 08:08 AM

Congrads at selling it so soon. My sister and her Dh it took them 4 years to sell their home and than they had 2 offers on it in a week. They weren't upside down its just the set-up of their starter home caused people not to want it.

adavieau · 06-04-2012, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Hands&Fire Pottery

If you have waited 11 months, it seems really risky to decline and hope you will get to rejoin DH at some point. Plus running 2 households is $$$, and moving twice is $$.

Ditto this. Also as someone who's dh traveled a lot for business I hated being away from him, it was not good for the kids or I at all. I'd just be thankful you are not upside down and take the offer.

BNC · 06-04-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishie Kisses

I agree. If it had been on the market for 1-3 months, I could see wanting to hold out. But 11 months with NOTHING, I say take it and be extremely grateful that you have any equity at all. If the market in your area isn't coming back yet, it could be YEARS before you get what you'd really like to. Take into account the extra money you'll be paying to run 2 homes.

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Originally Posted by KrisM

Take it. A house is only worth what someone us willing to pay for it. It sounds like your Realtor had it priced too high for there to be no offers in nearly a year. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how much you paid, how much you put onto it, or what you hope it's worth.

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Originally Posted by CDFORME101

I would not risk a counter offer. 11 months with no offers says that it's over priced for todays market. You may feel it's worth more but at the end of the day the value is what someone will pay. Appraisal really don't mean all that much if no one is willing to bid near it kwim?

Agreed

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Originally Posted by momomom

They accepted our counter. Now guess what? Dh's company isn't going to pay for a house-hunting trip for us!!! Ugh! Renting over the internet sight-unseen. AGAIN! Double UGH.

O well, house is sold, offer was cash

so 1 more year of crappy renting and then, finally, hopefully, we get to settle down!

Glad they accepted! Do companies really pay for people to go househunting if they are being relocated?

Ive never heard of that.

06-02-2012, 08:07 PM	#31
Dmpmercury Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alaska Posts: 3,057 Ratings: 33 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Selling our home- am I being a baby??? I'm glad your place has sold and they accepted your counter. That is a huge relief. It will be ok. It will be nice to live in a low cost of living area with a decent income. When you are looking for rentals if you search the address on trulia there is an area where you can check for schools and crime. Good luck finding a place. It is pretty stressful. __________________ Dianna environmentally educated tree hugging mom to DD 9/06 DS 10/08 DD 9/10 My blog

06-02-2012, 08:36 PM	#33
Leanbh Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chi-town burbs Posts: 6,079 Ratings: 77 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Selling our home- am I being a baby??? Will the company pay for you guys to stay in an extended stay place for any length of time? I know that's what DH's company does. At least that way you can check out a good place to rent...... __________________ Mama of 4! and precious little one 11/10/11

06-02-2012, 10:53 PM	#34
kalasin Registered Users Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,419 Ratings: 19 Feedback: 100%	Re: Selling our home- am I being a baby??? Honestly it should not be hard to find a home in Omaha. Dh and I drove around for one afternoon with his mother, checking out all the "we have the floor plans, you pick your plan and visit the home design center" type builders, which were EVERYWHERE, and could have made an offer that day had dh actually had orders. Now, if you go that route like we did here in Vegas, it takes about 2 months to actually build the house, but I'd probably look for a short term lease in Omaha if you really want to buy. Of course, if you want to spend a year really getting a feel for the area, that's fine too! We were pretty comfortable, having MIL live there for so long.

06-03-2012, 05:10 AM	#35
Wanderlust Registered Users Formerly: jeneth Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany via military Posts: 6,126 Ratings: 116 Feedback:** 100%	Re: Selling our home- am I being a baby??? Glad to hear that! Can you just stay in a hotel for a week or two when you first arrive and then find a rental? I'd rather do that so I could get the "feel" of the neighborhood I was going to be renting or buying a house ETA: The Omaha metro area has lots of housing, so you won't miss out on a great rental by waiting till you arrive __________________ Proud wife to Air Force DH. Honored SAHM to my twins Samuel and David. EP'ed for 1 year! Last edited by Wanderlust; 06-03-2012 at 05:12 AM.

06-03-2012, 07:26 AM	#36
jamieism Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Princeton NJ Posts: 3,025 Ratings: 109 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	We are kind of in this situation. We have a house we want to sell. We are not under water but what we will get is less than what we put in. It's super frustrating since if we had sold it a few years ago we could easily have gotten double. But at this point the thing is just costing us money, and we are ready to walk away. We countered, they countered our counter and we are going to take it. I am praying it goes through bc I just do NOT want to be on the hook for this place any longer!! __________________ Jamie, anthropologist mom to O (12-18-99), E (12-30-04) and R (4-22-10) Married to my best friend .