Land of Stupid followed me home!
I finished the dishes and decided to take out all the trash and check the mail. I toss the trash and am at the mailbox looking at the mail, when I see an original Hummer rolling down the street. That’s a pretty rare sight in this neighborhood … rare as in it never happens. I turn to head back into the house, and he pulls into my driveway right beside me and rolls down his window. I figure maybe he’s lost, he saw another white person, and decided it would be safe to ask me for directions. But … no.
Guy: Would you like to sell your house?
Orb: No. There are several houses just like it in the area that are already for sale if you just drive around the block.
Guy: They are all too expensive (says the man wearing a designer polo and sitting in a Hummer with the engine running sucking up gas by the gallon).
Orb: Well, how much were you thinking of spending?
Guy: About $50,000.
Orb: [laughs out loud] In Austin? You are going to have to go over to East Side to find a house that cheaply!
Guy: It’s too dangerous over there. I thought since this house needs repairs, you might be willing to sell it.
Orb: Even if I were willing to sell it, it wouldn’t be going for $50,000. Sorry.
Guy: Are you sure you don’t want to sell?
I just rolled my eyes and walked off. Really, am I sure?! Yes, I am pretty sure I don’t want to sell my house for 1/3 of the market value. It may very well be a crappy little house, but location, location, location and large piece of land. Even if I wanted to sell my house, it does no good at all to sell it for less than I can replace it with, unless I want to end up living over in East Side or going back to being a renter, which I do not.
Dude made some assumptions about me, that I was either stupid or unable to pay the mortgage, and those assumptions are both untrue. I had made some assumptions about him too, as soon as he pulled his stinking behemoth into my driveway. I thought “Oh look, a stupid rich white dude.” My assumption was correct. I win!
No really, WTF? Our house isn’t that damn crappy!
I don’t want to make any assumptions, but he probably wanted to buy your house so that he could “flip” (buying low, fixing up and selling for 2 or 3 times for the original purchase price)it.
Which would explain the polo shirt and Hummer.
That, or he wanted to tear it down and build a four-plex, which is what is happening just down the road. Ours is the only property that hasn’t been developed beyond what was put here during the initial subdivision build, so there’s lots less to tear down. :D
$50k. I can’t wait to tell Lin.
You should have told him that your neighbors were looking to sell their house *evil laugh* hahaaaaaaaaaahahahahhahahaha :bounce:
There was a moment when that thought crossed my mind, but then I realized it has been really quiet over there the last two weeks, so perhaps best not to poke the crazy people.
Cold calling and never taking no for an answer are essential elements of Dale Carnegie theology.