Help me justify to the owner a land swap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who eye, and talk elderly neighbors out of, their hard earned property, are despicable in every way.

While I agree with this, I've read all four pages and still have no idea what OP is trying to communicate, let alone accomplish. If this is it, you're right, she's a stinker.

[Anonymous]

OP, please answer, which of the following is it:

What makes their property better?

What makes your current house worse than what you would build?


Also, if they don't have the $$ to redo their current home, what makes you think they have the $$ or inclination to buy yours?

[Anonymous]

I think y'all scared away OP by pointing out OP is trying to take advantage of a situation in a way that only benefits OP.

Bad OP, for shame on you turtle dove.

[Anonymous]

Just offer to buy their house and sell them yours.

[Anonymous]

I think the tax man would have something to say about this plan. All I see here is a way to dodge paying real estate taxes and transfer taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think y'all scared away OP by pointing out OP is trying to take advantage of a situation in a way that only benefits OP.

Bad OP, for shame on you turtle dove.

I agree. S/he was already in a snit after the first several posts, saying s/he wouldn't post again if s/he didn't get "serious answers." Well, s/he got some, but not the kind s/he wanted!

What a greedy, shady, cockamamie idea. I would love to know who s/he is, and who the neighbors are too. I hope they don't have Alzheimer's or anything that help OP con them into this flimflam. OP sounds very interested in making this happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the tax man would have something to say about this plan. All I see here is a way to dodge paying real estate taxes and transfer taxes.

There's no way to avoid those. As horrible as this plan sounds, it's not that horrible.

[Anonymous]

The OP never said he wanted the neighbors house for free. The first post spoke of a land swap, and then in a later post, the OP mentioned that an alternative was that the neighbors could pay for his house. I think the gist is that the land value of their parcels is the same and would cancel out. Therefore, the only thing to work out is how much the neighbors would pay OP because his home is nicer. Sounds interesting and may avoid some transaction fees vs. a more traditional sell-buy transaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP never said he wanted the neighbors house for free. The first post spoke of a land swap, and then in a later post, the OP mentioned that an alternative was that the neighbors could pay for his house. I think the gist is that the land value of their parcels is the same and would cancel out. Therefore, the only thing to work out is how much the neighbors would pay OP because his home is nicer. Sounds interesting and may avoid some transaction fees vs. a more traditional sell-buy transaction.

Op pretty much called the neighbor's house worthless. How much do you think Op would pay for the neighbor's worthless "tear down". It sure sounds as though the Op wants something for nothing.