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Originally Posted by Sliver
Wow, dude, that's nuts. I mean, you can vet them on the Internet before seeing them in person. I can't believe you needed to go to 60 places.
Travis - what do you figure the average number of homes one of your clients needs to see before buying?
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I bought in 2009.
Basically nothing was moving then. Prices were dropping, and everyone was holding on hoping they'd go up. Or leaving their place up for sale, but perpetually priced above market value, and dropping in step with the market, staying forever too high.
There was not much listed, and most of what was, was crap. Tons of stuff that looked great in photos, but was garbage in person. This was a huge pet peeve of mine. Such a waste of everyone's time. Almost everything had something wrong with it that you didn't realize until you stepped inside. It was a highly frustrating process.
There was a break in the middle there. I gave up after a couple months, took a couple months off of looking unless something really stood out, and then looked again. I'm very glad I didn't settle, the place I got is much better for me than any other I looked at.