Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Psych!!!

What's up, People?
There's a cruel trick going around. It's kind of like going to the zoo and holding a banana just out of reach of the ape cage. Like taking a kid to the Disneyland parking lot and then going home before entering said amusement park. It is just as mean as a Baskin Robbins commercial on t.v. telling me the most delicious ice cream ever is now free and my wife telling me I can not have any because of some lie my doctor said about me having high cholesterol (I hate my doctor).
This trick going around is perpetrated by Realtors all over the greater San Diego area (Maybe the whole country). Here's how it's laid out. The Realtor takes a listing and puts it on the market under market value. Have you ever heard of anything so horrible? You have heard of things that horrible? You've heard of much worse things? Well, I agree that it's not as bad as my ice cream story. Here's why it does suck.
When a listing comes on the market under value it gives buyers false hope that they could actually end up with the house. Well, why couldn't they? The house is priced in the buyer's price range, right? Yes (Is me talking to myself confusing?), but it will get bid up to actual market price or, if there is enough of a shark frenzy, it could get bid over asking price. It should be easy to spot, right?
Yes, it is easy to spot. The unfortunate thing is you have to pursue it anyway, just in case. Just like that 16 year old kid who has to ask the super model out when he comes in contact with her. You can not let those types of opportunities go by without at least trying.
So, to all of my home buyers (And all of the buyers across the land), keep asking that super model out, no matter how much it hurts. You'll get lucky one day.
Let me know your super model story.
God Bless.