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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9638195" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Re: really long posts: when I make a 20+ line post, it is because I am responding to 4-5 people who said things I have something to add. Hopefully that's different from a wall of text on (much less a refutation of) one person's post or point. Still, I understand if people just gloss over my posts for being too long. There's a hint of logic to it. If you-the-seller make the changes for them and then raise the asking price to match, they can buy the changes for 5-20% down and higher monthly mortgage payment. If they buy the house as-is (hoping to upgrade later); they either have to 1) come up with the total cost of the upgrade, or 2) buy down the home loan until they can take out a second mortgage (usually the same amount or more, unless the value of the home rises enough for the Loan-to-Value to drop significantly). I'm not saying you should do it, just that there was a logic to it (and reason why it used to happen in more buyer-friendly housing markets). We looked at a few flips when looking the last time (2019). Man, maybe there are some finds out there, but in general I used the Homesteaded check box as a first filter to even look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9638195, member: 6799660"] Re: really long posts: when I make a 20+ line post, it is because I am responding to 4-5 people who said things I have something to add. Hopefully that's different from a wall of text on (much less a refutation of) one person's post or point. Still, I understand if people just gloss over my posts for being too long. There's a hint of logic to it. If you-the-seller make the changes for them and then raise the asking price to match, they can buy the changes for 5-20% down and higher monthly mortgage payment. If they buy the house as-is (hoping to upgrade later); they either have to 1) come up with the total cost of the upgrade, or 2) buy down the home loan until they can take out a second mortgage (usually the same amount or more, unless the value of the home rises enough for the Loan-to-Value to drop significantly). I'm not saying you should do it, just that there was a logic to it (and reason why it used to happen in more buyer-friendly housing markets). We looked at a few flips when looking the last time (2019). Man, maybe there are some finds out there, but in general I used the Homesteaded check box as a first filter to even look. [/QUOTE]

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