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SheltieLover

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4. I bought quite a bit with my home

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2022, 11:49 AM

Apr 2022

I sent email to realtor listing items I was interested in & asked for seller's desired price for each.

Desired prices were literally pennies on the dollar for complete bedroom sets, etc!

Lovely home!

Best of luck!

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Does anyone have any experience with buying a home's furniture with the house? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 OP

Go way under the amount they are asking for it. You are doing them a favor, LizBeth Apr 2022 #1

Yes, I second that! Quakerfriend Apr 2022 #5

This is so true! bamagal62 Apr 2022 #8

I hear ya. Although inventory is so low, our agent thinks this house will go Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #17

Wow, that is very very nice and would be quite expensive to replicate with new items. Used RKP5637 Apr 2022 #2

Exactly what's missing in the situation. Don't know what the intention Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #18

Looks like very good quality furnishings but I agree with poster saying it is a pain MLAA Apr 2022 #3

I bought quite a bit with my home SheltieLover Apr 2022 #4

Now that's interesting. Can you do that before you buy it? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #11

I did SheltieLover Apr 2022 #20

I payed thousands less by asking seller to name prices than what I'd prepared to offer! SheltieLover Apr 2022 #21

That's great. Why is it when we finally are ready to buy something Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #23

Likely because qpukes keep fking everything up. SheltieLover Apr 2022 #24

Pricing items can run several different ways bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #6

Thanks. That's a good rule of thumb percentage of retail Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #12

I don't think I'd buy it until I'd seen it Warpy Apr 2022 #7

Great advice-- enough Apr 2022 #10

Good points for sure. I'll have to look but I doubt very very much Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #16

People will still smoke, especially when they can't be seen Warpy Apr 2022 #19

Got it! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #22

Most mortgage holders snowybirdie Apr 2022 #9

Thanks that's very important thing to know. So maybe it would be better to just put in an offer Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #14

When I worked for IRS, we were trained to put extremely low spooky3 Apr 2022 #13

Good point you made me think, if this is a rental it means Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #15