 Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | Buying a new home - the problem with shopping online
MLS Picture |
said by MLS Listing :"amazing pool and deck overlooking a beautiful wooded creek.. A high end, step-in 6 person hot tub just to the right of this picture" Mind you, a pool in Indiana seems like a waste of space to me. But the rest of the house looked amazing, was in the right location, and was priced just below market value. So I sent my brother-in-law to take a look in person, which generated the pics in the next post. |
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Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | I guess they just forgot to mention all of that.
I like to fancy myself a do-it-yourself-er, but this is a bit much. Certainly given the measly $5k it is priced under market value. |
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 beckPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-29
On The Road
kudos:1 | reply to Camelot One
Turn the agent in to the MLS. Most MLS have a board of ethics and take this kind of stuff seriously.
But what you should have is an agent that understands what you want and sees the properties before presenting them to you. Find one! |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | said by beck:But what you should have is an agent that understands what you want and sees the properties before presenting them to you. Find one!
Bingo - they can help maximize your time when you do fly in and see many houses in 2 days. They could also send you a listing link so you can see the house before going (weed out the houses you don't want to look at).
While a agent is not needed locally - it can be a HUGE help when you are looking for houses out of state.
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didn't know indiana was on the san andreas fault.... |
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That house must be on the outside of a curve in the creek/river.
Beware that... We had some camping property on the outside of a curve on the Tippecanoe River...
Each year the lot grew smaller....
Take the hint
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 alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1 | reply to Camelot One
Wow, that takes the "No running around the pool" warning to a whole new level. |
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 rlt2562The Wizard of Speed and TimePremium
join:2002-12-23
Haughton, LA
kudos:1 | reply to Camelot One
Jesus, $5K under market?? How about $50K under! That would be about right...
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Wow! Seeing the MLS before and after photos, the movie 'The Money Pit' comes to mind.
Have you considered renting for 6 months and get a 'feel' for the area?
We did that, even though we were only 110 miles away and it was all freeway. But still 4 hours driving and then the looking. Looking back very happy that arrangement and so much less stress. |
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alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1 | said by rlt2562:Jesus, $5K under market?? How about $50K under! That would be about right...
I wonder what it means to say 5$ under market.
Is he talking about municipal evaluation? In my neck of the woods, the municipal evaluation is often 50k$-100k$ under real market value. A house that's priced under municipal evaluation = has major problems.
said by hortnut:Have you considered renting for 6 months and get a 'feel' for the area?
We did that, even though we were only 110 miles away and it was all freeway. But still 4 hours driving and then the looking. Looking back very happy that arrangement and so much less stress.
Texas to Indiana = 1000 to 1300 miles 
Leasing for 6 months to a year is ideal, but I guess if you're moving out of a house, it can be unpleasant to do the move twice (with all the stuff you'd have from a house). |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to Camelot One
My guess... Sometime after the MLS picture was taken, the side of the pool collapsed and what you have now is the result.
The realtor should be turned into MLS and the Assoc. of Realtors for non disclosure in the listing. |
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 VoxxjinMade of HamburgerPremium
join:2010-01-13
San Antonio, TX
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Wow. I wonder when the first pic was taken compared to when the others were taken. makes me wonder if the pool addition was done legally (proper permits and such).
Do you have any friends or family in that area? They might be willing to help you out and screen some of the candidates before you take a trip up. We recently talked to a friend who was moving away who had a family member walk through several houses they were interested in. The family member use an ipad or something and did a live send (skype or facetime or something) and transmitted the walkthrough in real time. Our friends could ask to see something closer or ask questions almost as it they were there.
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 KenPremium,MVM
join:2003-06-16
Markle, IN | reply to Camelot One
The pool being covered up like that is something that is done on foreclosures when the bank first takes possession to make the pool safe. It's quite possible nobody from the bank has been back to look at that property for years, and the listing agent may have never even stepped foot onto the property. They might have just used the pics the bank sent them to create the listing. Not to say that realtors don't stretch the truth by taking pictures a certain way, but I have never seen one purposely misrepresent something to this extent. |
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Is that in tippicanoe county? Looks very familiar to me. |
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Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | reply to Camelot One
My sister, brother-in-law, and their kids are all there. That is actually the reason for the move, their baby was just diagnosed with Retts Syndrome, so we are moving to help them out. I grew up in the area, but left for college and never looked back. This will be my first time owning a house in a place that freezes.
We do have an agent, and she has plugged in our criteria to generate lists of places that meet our criteria. But it is still a HUGE list, and there is SO much fudging going on with the listings that her list is nothing more than a starting point for me to go through. For example, I have looked at several places with one of these sitting in the living room, and that is enough to call it a "fireplace" on MLS. The plan is for me to weed through them all and send family or the agent to further drill down, then I'll fly in to do a speed-showing trip next weekend.
We looked into renting for a year, but we have 2 big dogs and a cat, which REALLY limits your rental options. The few places we have found that will allow the pets are real shit holes.
The worst part of all this, beyond the stress of selling, buying, moving, etc, is that I just spent 2 years working on our current house. I finally finished this a few months ago , and since then I've redone the kitchen and both bathrooms. Aside from some plants, the current house is exactly how I want it. |
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Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | reply to Askin
said by Askin :Is that in tippicanoe county? Looks very familiar to me.
Nope, city of Greenwood, in Johnson County. |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to Camelot One
Do you have a buyer's agent?
It is worth it for a long distance house hunt.
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Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | said by AVD:Do you have a buyer's agent?
Yes. |
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VoxxjinMade of HamburgerPremium
join:2010-01-13
San Antonio, TX Reviews:
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Reminds me when we were looking for a house in Colorado Springs. IF you could stand tippy toe and look out the upstairs bathroom window and see the mountains, the house was listed as having a mountain view. 
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