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Postcard from the Edge
February 20th, 2008 Categories: Buyers, From Our Mail Bag, One Minute Realtor, Sellers
If there were any doubts that some Annapolis area homeowners have gotten a little edgy about the real estate market of late, they were laid to rest upon the arrival of a real treasure. It was one of our “Just Sold” postcards, returned to us in a plain envelope, with this thoughtful inscription scrawled all over it: Any Idiot Could Have Sold a Home in this Neighborhood For That Price!
We knew the neighborhood of origin. But the recipient’s mailing label had, understandably, been carefully peeled off, thus ruining any hope of retaliation other than a broad scale air strike, which I ruled out only after sleeping on it.
Truth be known, our correspondent was way off the mark: not only was the sale price right in line with others in the neighborhood. But the home sold relatively quickly.
A Little Knowledge Can be a Dangerous Thing
Aside from a measure of restraint, what our indignant writer lacked was knowledge of or access to the sort of information that would demonstrate the soundness of the sale. Read the rest of this entry »
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