Buying a house
By manleymom
@manleymom (105)
United States
February 9, 2007 4:57pm CST
I'm so lost. I have no idea what to do. We weren't really planning on buying a house right now, our credit is horrible. With our income tax refund we were planning on buying a newer vehicle and finding another rent house. Where i Live it's hard to find something for rent under $600 which is what we pay now. I told my husband let's just see if we could buy a house never know the worst they could say is no. Well we just got approved for something between $60000 and $70000. She told us to look more around $65000 that way it would cover our closing cost also. What is the standard for making offers on a house? If I see something for $65000 do I say I want that one or do I say I'll offer this ???? If anyone else has any tips that would be great!!
1 response
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
9 Feb 07
First off, hold of until you find something you really want. Secondly, you can offer less, but how much less will depend on how long the home has been on the market, what the true average selling price is in the neighborhood, condition of the home, etc. Make sure that when you find a place you get every single inspection you can get and have the home owners pay for it.
@manleymom (105)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Thank you so much! So far we have found 3 houses (2 that we like more than the other). We have only looked at the outsides. Told our realtor so she can make arrangements to see the inside.
