Comments on: Top 10 Things I Want To Say To The Approximately 80 Frillion Potential Buyers And Their Realtors Who Have Looked At Our House Thus Far **EDITED TO ADD** http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/ raising kids and eyebrows since 1992 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: kidpyramid http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10403 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:56:00 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10403 I’d love it if you would leave all of your creativeness behind. I hate decorating and do not have the stomach for it.

]]> By: beckabrown http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10385 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:45:08 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10385 I love you, Tori! And I love your home. Having just gone through this process last year, I feel your pain. But it’ll sell. And Darlin’, spring is right around the corner. Bell Buckle or bust!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10381 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:24:15 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10381 Tori, you’re right about HGTV, not to mention “This Old House” and all the DIY shows broadcast from the UK. It never ceases to amaze me that our parents were able buy and sell their homes without staging and redocating. I don’t understand turning down a house simply because you don’t appreciate the taste of the current owner. Please how much is a gallon or two of paint.
As I said before, the Taff’s and the selling of their house will remain in my prayers.

]]> By: Barbara M. Lloyd http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10380 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:19:20 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10380 Love the house…especially the gazebo. I would buy it but I’d need a mother-in-law suite for my children.

Can’t wait for the tour of the soon-to-be home.

Ever think about moving out, putting a realtor’s lock on the door, and staying away until the place is sold? I have pleanty of room but don’t wait too long ’cause I’m getting old.

]]> By: auntie http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10379 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:15:11 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10379 Tori,
My house was for sale at the beginning of the recession, in 2008-2009. Not to discourage you, but I had over a hundred showings, and only one ridiculously low offer. My realtor just couldn’t understand when I told him I was done with the showings, that I absolutely, positively couldn’t take it anymore – cleaning, leaving the house for sometimes hours at a time, feeling rejected when they weren’t interested.

I think he still thinks I am going to put it back on the market any day now, as he hints at this when I see him around town. I am just resigned to stay here now. After all, mortgage payments are cheaper than apartment rent these days. It’s when the water meter springs a leak and floods out your downstairs, or mice take up residence under your stove, that homeownership is not so grand!

]]> By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10378 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:04:03 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10378 jd2008: You drive a hard bargain… I’ll get back to you.

JanetB: You made ME laugh today, too! Throwing in the monkey lamp might work if I could convince people it was Christina Aguillera’s… (It is hilarious that the hotel charged her $500 for that lamp– I think I paid about 1/10 of that!)

]]> By: JanetB http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10377 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:50:54 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10377 Oh, and…Char’s room? Not so bad, really. Could be worse…

Reminds me of my best friend from high school…her parents let her redecorate her room any way she wanted. Her favorite album at the time was Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Remember that poster? Yeah – THAT shade of green. Kermit would’ve been much more soothing…

]]> By: JanetB http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10376 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:36:37 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10376 1. I would so TOTALLY buy your house if a) I lived in Tennessee; and b) I was independantly wealthy. Oh wait…the hole in the ground with the flag in it is a deal-breaker. Sorry. ;)

2. Right there with ya on #8. Try this: Tell the realtors that they lose a point off their commission for every person they bring in before noon. That should do it. he he he

3. What do you want to bet that 15-20 years from now, walls will be going up in half of those “great rooms?” Yep – these young ‘uns will discover what we already know: There is such a thing as too much openness…especially when the in-laws have to move in with you!

4. Maybe if you offered to throw in the monkey lamp…or even a Grammy…? Just a thought.

Thanks for making me laugh today. You rock!

]]> By: jd2008 http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10375 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:02:32 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10375 we’ll take it off your hands! I’ve got $25 dollars and some Santa Claus salt shakers you could have!

]]> By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10374 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:25:59 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10374 kbk314: Hey you guys, great to see you here! Thanks for the kind words– love you, don’t be a stranger!

]]> By: kbk314 http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10373 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:11:51 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10373 We love your blog! You are an excellent writer, and your perspective on everything from travel to selling a house is a blast. We can sympathize with being sick of showing a house. We went through it 2 years ago, and all we can say is, “This too shall pass!”
Gary and Kim Koreiba

]]> By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10372 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:19:20 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10372 grfdave: OK, I’ll let you off the hook– Spokane would be a heck of a commute from Brentwood… And I’ll bet you guys were perfectly LOVELY buyers!

DonnaMariePatterson: I’m with you! One of my realtors says the same thing– “When every room opens into each other, I can’t shut a door and hide the laundry I haven’t folded in 5 days!”

]]> By: DonnaMariePatterson http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10371 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:12:58 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10371 Bless your heart! I will pray for your sanity. Your house is beautiful and, if I could, I would buy it IMMEDIATELY so you could get you beauty and creativeness sleep in on the weekends!! I personally don’t like the ‘open’ room concept. It’s so much easier to keep just one or two rooms clean. ;-)

]]> By: grfdave http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/02/01/top-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-the-approximately-80-frillion-potential-buyers-and-their-realtors-who-have-looked-at-our-house-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-10370 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:03:34 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=6387#comment-10370 We would have but my wife and daughter chose Spokane WA instead. If my son would ever finish high school and get a job( this week would be good for that) I would use it as a winter home! We just went thru the home buying process and I apologize for being one of those buyers!

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