OP, can you contact the seller’s agent for that house and ask how the buyer’s agent learned of the listing?

Anonymous wrote:There are NO new listings for Taylor school zone. Isn’t this the peak of the market??

4036 N 24th Road

4345 N 26th Street

4339 N 26th Street

After losing out on my second offer yesterday, I think around here this year you're always going to feel like you're overpaying.

Womp womp

There are NO new listings for Taylor school zone. Isn’t this the peak of the market??

Anonymous wrote:Just buy it and don't nickel dime over the price if you like it.

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Yeah price doesn’t matter, housing always goes up.

Just buy it and don't nickel dime over the price if you like it.

Anonymous wrote:We are in a position to buy a property of market that meets most of our requirements, but at the highest price for the townhome community the place is located in... happy for it as there is nothing else on the market currently listed that meets our criteria. But, having cold feet about the purchase - are we paying too much... did you have second thoughts when buying?

Call their bluff and let them put it on the open market. If the price is too high, they won’t get a buyer and you might get it at a lower price. Worse case you have to pay their price. But at least you get a chance for the market to speak.

We are in a position to buy a property of market that meets most of our requirements, but at the highest price for the townhome community the place is located in... happy for it as there is nothing else on the market currently listed that meets our criteria. But, having cold feet about the purchase - are we paying too much... did you have second thoughts when buying?

Yup. We bought our house before it made it to the official market. It was coming soon listing. The contractor was fixing the house when we drove by. I asked nicely and he let me take s peak. We made an offer two days later and we asked for a response within48 house. Seller took our offer and didn't get officially listed. Our agent only did the paper work. I have no doubt that we would have been in a biding war if it was on the market.

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Anonymous wrote:AAARRGGHHH!!

Another pre-market we would have been very interested in.

How do you find these deals? Our realtor is such a dud!!!

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2731-N-Nelson-St-22207/home/11230977?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

This house was widely advertised as a private exclusive. Your agent should have known about it.

What does that mean? Widely advertised where exactly? Flyers? Emails to brokerages?! Like I said dud.

Arlington agent. I received two emails from WFP that the house was in their private exclusive portfolio. It sold in house, so the deal could have bee done before it was even advertised to agent.

Your agent should srart talking to agents who do business in that area.

So this is an end run around MLS to cut out Redfin etc?

To cut out MLS. Redfin is not a player in the North Arlington market.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AAARRGGHHH!!

Another pre-market we would have been very interested in.

How do you find these deals? Our realtor is such a dud!!!

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2731-N-Nelson-St-22207/home/11230977?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

This house was widely advertised as a private exclusive. Your agent should have known about it.

What does that mean? Widely advertised where exactly? Flyers? Emails to brokerages?! Like I said dud.

Arlington agent. I received two emails from WFP that the house was in their private exclusive portfolio. It sold in house, so the deal could have bee done before it was even advertised to agent.

Your agent should srart talking to agents who do business in that area.

So this is an end run around MLS to cut out Redfin etc?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AAARRGGHHH!!

Another pre-market we would have been very interested in.

How do you find these deals? Our realtor is such a dud!!!

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2731-N-Nelson-St-22207/home/11230977?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

This house was widely advertised as a private exclusive. Your agent should have known about it.

What does that mean? Widely advertised where exactly? Flyers? Emails to brokerages?! Like I said dud.

Arlington agent. I received two emails from WFP that the house was in their private exclusive portfolio. It sold in house, so the deal could have bee done before it was even advertised to agent.

Your agent should srart talking to agents who do business in that area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AAARRGGHHH!!

Another pre-market we would have been very interested in.

How do you find these deals? Our realtor is such a dud!!!

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2731-N-Nelson-St-22207/home/11230977?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

This house was widely advertised as a private exclusive. Your agent should have known about it.

What does that mean? Widely advertised where exactly? Flyers? Emails to brokerages?! Like I said dud.

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Anonymous wrote:If a house goes on the market and then off again almost immediately (but isn't sold), can you make an offer? We were preparing to. I thought maybe you could but my agent is just sending me other listings.

You can always make a back up offer even if another offer has been accepted. There is a slight chance the first contract will fall apart, but you never know. You can withdraw your backup offer if a better house comes on the market.

Thanks. In this case they took it off market before an offer was even made, apparently to fix some stuff up and sell for more...but we were willing to buy as-is because the price was right.