Re: betting to clean house and selling prices

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.juno.com/~margaretch
 > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:32:12 -0400
 >
 > > I was thinking more about moving.  Perhaps I should consider doing  the
 > > move at the end of this month (July) and then live in your living  room
 > > (or somewhere) for a month until the house gets sold?  In that case, I'd
 > > probably keep my computer, keyboard, and mouse so I can continue to  look
 > > for jobs while I'm trying to sell the house.
 > > 
 > > Do you think this is a good idea or should we (not the royal "we" -- 
 > > you and me :-) just clean the house so it's as presentable as possible?
 >
 > ME THINKS THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PLUGGING AWAY AT CLEANING UP AND IF
 > AT SOME POINT IT SEEMS POINTLESS TO CLEAN ANYMORE- SELLING AS IS THEN WE
 > CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.

OK.

 > CHECK OUT DUMSTER TYPE THINGS FOR OLD CLUTTER AND UNUSEABLE STUFF.  AFTER
 > OUR MOVE I THINK MANY THINGS ARE REALLY GAR'BAGE'. ME.

I've been throwing lots of stuff away -- just putting it out on the
sidewalk/curb to be picked up.

I don't know how a dumpster would fit here.  Do you know if they come in
different sizes?

 > > BTW, when I did the http://HouseValues.com thing, a realtor got back 
 > > to me
 > > saying that it was difficult finding a market value range for this 
 > > house because there have been so few similar houses in  sold. 
 > > (I noticed this, too, when I did research on the web.)  Very few houses 
 > > in  are for sale at all; probably that's why the response has 
 > > been overwhelming.
 >
 > YEAH, SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD SELL SOON, AND
 > FORGET ABOUT US MOVING IN- TOO GOOD TO PASS UP!!

On the other hand, I was thinking about it more and realize that the best
price I'll probably be able to get is $250000 rather than dad's $300000 or
whatever.  (In fact, I'm feeling it's going to be less than $250000.  But,
it's definitely the most affordable place in Boston!)