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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your best bet is to look for the houses that don’t sell the first weekend. Example - this is technically out of your budget, but if there was going to be a bidding war, it would have happened already. You’ll have a little more leverage than you would with the shiny new first weekend houses.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Burke/6593-Meadowrill-Ln-22015/home/9766307[/quote]

OP here: Good advice, we thought the same and checked this house out yesterday.  It is a redfin flip: it's in horrendous condition, very awkward floor plan upstairs and downstairs, completely neglected structure and yard for decades.  They half-painted the walls in bright white, and attempted to paint original kitchen cabinets but failed so half of them show wood under and still filthy inside... with some weird vinyl-ish stick and peel backsplash in the kitchen and bathrooms.... We considered for a split second, then realized it's a complete reno, which could be OK, but then with the level of neglect I am scared to see what's behind the walls..... That asking price is beyond ridiculous, and as desperate as we are, we have limits :([/quote]

I wouldn’t buy that house either.

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OP can't afford a higher budget but also thinks this house is beneath him/her?!  That is a nice house, at least a nice starter house.  You aren't expect turnkey Instagram-ready type of home as a first time home buyer with a small budget do you?  [/quote]
DP. All non-turnkey homes are not created equal. This sounds like it’s not worth salvaging because the core issues aren’t fixable (poor floor plan, bad bones). [/quote]

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