Roberto Ribas's Q&A

I have to disagree with this...I didn't clean up my yard last weekend, my zestimate dropped.Cleaned it up today, bingo my zestimate is up again!Leave the garden house out, my zestimate drops $25... roll it back up, and presto, its back up! Clean up the carpets, zestimate jumps...leave dirty dishes in the sink, it drops. Its like magic, they factor in everything instantly!!! how do you guys do it?

tina: READ the post. The value has dropped by $50K, how the heck do you think they will sell it? It would be a short sale, leaving any chance of buying for the next couple years out of the quesiton.Yes, you are stuck there, probably for many years. OR you can attempt a short sale, or let the home go into foreclosure. That about sums up your options.

frisky:attached items are part of the home. Stove is considered as attached, though honestly an electric stove plugs in the same as a fridge, which is not considered attached...The agent should have spelled out exactly what the buyer's wanted. Our state contract here in az makes it quite obvious, so a buyer would probably think to say, "hey why didn't you check the fridge, washer and dryer? I want those!" if the agent didn't mark it.

I'd say Paradise valley for you then! Can you afford around a million dollar home?

frisky, you are incorrect.The listing is an advertisement only. If a buyer wants to have personal property with the sale the buyer has to add it in to the contract. Now, obviously the agent should have done this, and these buyers have been badly served by the agent, but it will end in a he said/ he said conflict, and be very hard to prove that they really wanted these items at the time. The contract says this in most states in pretty plane English, for example the AZ contract says "Additional personal property to be included in this sale... " followed by a check box for refrigerator, washer, dryer, and several lines to write in "other personal property" So, I know nobody likes to read contracts, but honestly if you don't check the three boxes, you can't complain about not getting the appliances.

Kim, it hasn't been extended until Obama signs it... We know it will happen, but until you see that headline on CNN, it hasn't happened.

yeah, I know it is 99% likely to pass, but darn it, we've had 1000 posts saying it already passed on here, really just demonstrating a total lack of understanding of basic constitutional procedure...

actually, it didn't depend on his circumstances at all, thus pointing out the foolishness of your advice... priced dropped a ton, he should have sold...

most cases, like right now, getting into a bidding war is foolish. We are seeing rampant runups in foreclosures despite all of the attempted workouts, and marked increases in loan delinquencies. Simply put, the "hurry and buy" mentality created by the tax credit is herd mentality. We are still losing jobs, there aren't enough qualified new buyers to buy all the foreclosures coming, no matter what the incentive is so...following most of the agents advice to "know the market" as we see below, is a really bad plan. The factors in play point to a very high probability that six months to a year form now, you have much more chance of getting a better deal.

actually, kim millan, you might try reviewing 8th grade civics. it is a done deal when the president signs it, not when one house of congress votes on it.