Real Estate Right Now

I’d move, but I don’t have a pony to offer anyone... or a boat. Good luck to anyone who is looking for a house right now. #comedy #buyingahouse #realestate

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[tom-mo-]

The price of lumber is pretty high so don’t plan on the pine box. Maybe save some of the Amazon boxes and repurpose those…?

[culmo]

We bought back in February ... in Northern Virginia. This video wasn't a parody ... it was 100% accurate.

[lvsw]

Yes! Husband is a Real Estate Broker. We bought a house in September and we included a love note. Lol We paid over asking price, the owners literally did no improvements The house was put on the market on a Friday and by Sunday they had chosen us as the best offer. The process was rigorous even for my husband who is a seasoned Broker with over 350 agents he sponsors. My heart goes out to anyone in need of a home at this time.

[rbandhoneyberry]

You only forgot "Don't forget to waive the inspection. Everyone's doing it and if the house falls down you can always rebuild!"

[startrekreview]

A truer video could not have been made. I'm in the mortgage industry and I hear stories like this from time to time....college tuition ha!

[melissasilvey]

Yes! We sold our house and moved across country to an even more competitive market. Thankfully we just closed on our house and we only had to give them a kidney!

[jakegoldblum]

my neighbors were moving to 55 plus location- the HOA asked for the dna of their dog so if they find poop on the lawn they can trace it back to the dogs- it is so nuts- great work Kim

[chelseaclerke]

This is so true she is barely exaggerating! I'm in Ontario, Canada and 2 bedroom 1 bath houses are selling for close to half a million. My grandma just sold her 3 bed, 2 bath house no garage, very small, barely a backyard for almost 700, 000 and if she had sold it a month ago it would have been even more. She sold because my grandfather just passed and it was hard to be in that house without him. She got her new house for $50, 000 over asking and the reason they picked her was the hand written note. We are moving in with her to even have a dream of owning a home in the next 2 years. I really hope prices start dropping significantly soon!

[krisb]

As someone who has been trying to buy a house for the last 4 years, this hits way too close to home. 😅

[TheDailyConnoisseur]

"We can get creative like a poem or a haiku" 😂

[MeghanClark]

No lie...
We were moving from Pennsylvania to Virginia and I was 36 weeks pregnant so we couldn't travel to see houses anymore. The same day the VA house went on the market, we had a virtual showing where our realtor took her phone and walked around the house to show it to us and we put in an offer that evening. Moved in when the baby was just over a month old and the first time we set foot on the property was at the final walkthrough the day before closing. 😳 Thankful for our awesome realtor who attended the inspection and repairs in our stead since we couldn't be there.

[outofmyelement]

Seriously. We bought our house for $170, 000. It's paid off now. Methinks we could sell it for a cool mil! Of course, then we stil couldn't afford to BUY anything!

[myshirlzlife]

This all just reminds me of the last housing boom/bust. People paying way over the asking price then boom, everybody was upside down :-(

[kristinmango]

We're closing this month on our first house. We put offers on houses for 5 months before we finally just put an offer on a house we had never seen. This is too accurate!

[therach]

This is south Mississippi real estate in a nutshell. I can sit on Zillow and watch houses be listed and go off the market in the same hour. 200k for a nasty shoebox. Nope, I'm staying right here in my tiny affordable apartment.

[redgreengrass]

@3:50 "until we leave in a pine box" ... good luck finding any lumber to make that pine box!

[momentsformoms]

A few of us were talking about this at work. My manager said his friends sold their house before it was even on the market bc their realtor had people lined up.

[michellec]

From the buyers side, this was so similar to our experience buying in a hot market last year, even in a pandemic. We saw the house the first day on market. Offers had to be in by 5pm. It took $10k over asking to get the house even though we really wanted to offer $8k less than list. And the sellers had us over a barrel on every topic till the house sold, due to the demand for the house. I asked if we should do a letter when placing our offer, but the realtor said no as it was really about money in that market. After dealing with the seller I agree. A letter would have just shown our hand further and I'm glad we didn't do it. For the sellers it was all about getting or keeping the most money every step of the way.

[laurad]

We had to sell because of a disability, back in august we made the decision. NOT because of pandemic or rates. It sold so fast we were dumbfounded. We built a home to accommodate the disability, so we had to live with a friend for 6 months. But man! I couldn’t imagine dealing with this market for buying. It was impossible to find and secure buying a ranch 2 years ago!

[liberty]

OMG!!! So.... I'm trying to buy a house right now. My mom is a broker (representing me) as has been in the biz for well over 30 years. She said this market is INSANE. I've already made offers WELL above asking and been rejected LOL. This video is so hilarious... even the way the "agent" dresses and acts LOL!!! 10/10 guys. Keep the funnies coming =]

Oh, the good news is I'm also SELLING a home. So I'm really looking forward to getting a boat, a pony and a new already potty trained dog :D