Your Home is not an Ear of Corn

Family at home preparing a meal

There is a Supermarket mentality on the part of a good number of buyers today that equates buying a house with shopping for the advertised loss leader at the local market. A buyer told one agent "When corn is 5 for a Dollar, I buy corn. When corn is 4 for a Dollar, I do not buy corn. If the house costs $ 450,000 I buy the house. If it costs $ 460,000, I do not buy the house".

Okay, it worked for her, because she clearly did not care about the house itself and bought a short sale backing to a busy street. Price was everything. She closed on the deal at $ 450,000. She is now memorialized in this agent's memory as "The Corn Lady". Little did she know that this term became synonymous for a buyer who buys "today's special".

Now, let's consider the use of corn. You eat it today and the next day it's... well...disposed of from a different part of the body.

 

Your home is not like an ear of corn. Ears of corn are pretty much the same size with same nutritional value. If you line up 20 ears of corn, there is very little variation. Home buying for your own enjoyment should take into consideration ALL aspects that are important to you.  There is always a reason why a property sells at a low price. Most of the time it's location or condition.

 

When you search for your Dream Home in Irvine or surrounding area, let me help you find a place you truly want to come home to!

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