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To: SeekAndFind

Put forth as smart, savvy buying during the bust, yet the picture of the living room shows only a piano for little Jimmy. The Lab lying on the floor likely exhausted from starvation.

They are selling because they couldn’t afford it in the first place, can’t afford the taxes, and they are “close” to a sale netting them a 67% profit. My a$$.

Come see me when the deal is ‘done’ and they’ve paid all those transfer taxes from Obamacare (yes, it’s there), title change fees, seller costs, capital gains taxes, realtor fees, etc. and then tell me 67% profit.

Why would anyone want to be a renter in a free world? You can’t choose who your neighbors are, don’t control your financial situation for more than a year or two, and you can’t even take advantage of whatever tax breaks there are for homeowners any more.

This is just a NYT “it’s all good” article for Obama.


5 posted on 05/27/2014 7:09:10 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
You have stated wisely. At 6% real estate fees, they will give away $81,000 right off the top. Factor in the other costs, assuming they owe no back taxes or don't have a second mortgage to pay off, and things aren't quite as rosy.

Not trying to rain on anyone’s parade, but this article is akin to the NYTimes telling everyone how wonderful unemployment is by giving people more time to spend with their family and getting a chance to get to those long lost hobbies.

The Left, always shilling for destruction and calling it great.

10 posted on 05/27/2014 7:19:38 AM PDT by Obadiah (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
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To: Gaffer

Agent commission alone would be approximately $80,000.

I noticed too...a VERY empty room. Something doesn’t add up in their lives.


15 posted on 05/27/2014 7:26:42 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Gaffer
Why would anyone want to be a renter in a free world? You can’t choose who your neighbors are, don’t control your financial situation for more than a year or two, and you can’t even take advantage of whatever tax breaks there are for homeowners any more.

And if your neighbor sells his home to a jerk?

16 posted on 05/27/2014 7:32:33 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Gaffer

They’ve presumably emptied the house, other than the piano, for sale.

I don’t think they’ve been standing up for the past four years.


30 posted on 05/27/2014 7:45:19 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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