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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on the market. The first time I bought, this area was super hot. Brand new inventory every weekend - you had to make yes/no decisions every week, because they went to contract on Wednesdays. I think I looked at 2-3 every weekend, and bid on nine things before I got one. This took about seven months.

This time when I wanted to move, the market was heating up  but not super hot. I looked on and off for 18 months. At month 9 I had sold my old place and moved into a rental. At that point I had stopped looking seriously and my agent would occasionally flag something that met my criteria. At month 16, we found a good one and put in an offer. Much drama ensued as the seller tried to play games, and we didn't get it. About a month later, another strange one came on. Didn't care for it super much, but it met my criteria and it was almost in my price range. Bid the top of my budget (but still under the asking). Seller rejected it, and then a month later came back and settled at that price.

Good luck. [/quote]

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