9 Comments

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   Rob Dawg on April 19, 2016 at 8:23 pm

   Never ceases to amaze me when the wall color in a bedroom or ugly carpet is a deal killer. They never talk about “bones.”

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   Susie on April 19, 2016 at 10:46 pm

   So funny, Jim! I only “house hunted” since last May, but tonight I type this comment to you in my new home. The process has been much like agonizing childbirth but I’m ecstatic at the result. Still surrounded by “organized chaos” but finally, the “organized” is solidly ahead of the “chaos”.

   PS “man cave” <– Just. Kill. Me. Now. Please, JtR–with 30+ years of experience and your coast-to-coast bubbleinfo audience–introduce a new phrase so those two words can endure an agonizing death and never been uttered again in real estate land…

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   daytrip on April 20, 2016 at 7:02 am

   I always thought that show should be called, “House I Can’t Afford Hunters.” The house hunter’s complaints are usually related to issues that, if they strapped on another 50-100K to their budget, would be solved immediately. So it’s not shopping, it’s whining until they get tired.

   “Oh, this master bedroom isn’t very big…”
   “This kitchen layout is kind of weird…”
   “Gee, this house is too far for me to bike to work…”

   That’s not shopping. That’s whining! Cough up another 100K, and all your dreams will come true! Otherwise calm down, buy the house you hate least, and welcome to the middle-class. It probably won’t get better.

   PS Congrats, Susie!

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   Just some guy on April 20, 2016 at 8:00 am

   Try a few minutes with Tiny House Hunters. It’s enough to make you stab your eardrums with an icepick.

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   Kwaping on April 20, 2016 at 9:09 am

   “buy the house you hate least” ROFL

   Thanks for the fun post, Jim!

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   Jim the Realtor on April 20, 2016 at 9:21 am

   For those who didn’t see it before, the House Hunters show is rigged.

   The ‘hunters’ buy and close escrow on their new house. The film crew then comes and tours two bogus listings nearby, and the third house is the one the hunters already own – they just fake the initial euphoria on TV.

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   Susie on April 21, 2016 at 4:17 am

   “…the third house is the one the hunters already own – they just fake the initial euphoria on TV” – JtR

   Is that like the “fake orgasm” scene by Meg Ryan at Katz Deli in the iconic 1989 movie, “When Harry Met Sally”, Jim? 🙂

   https://youtu.be/PdJm3DVg3EM

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   Jim the Realtor on April 21, 2016 at 5:41 am

   Yes! 😆

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   daytrip on April 21, 2016 at 7:09 am

   Billy: Y’know us men do that too.

   Meg: No you don’t!

   Billy: Of course we do. In our own way. I’m doing it right now.

   Meg: Doing what? What are you doing?

   Billy: Acting interested in what you have to say next.