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I want to buy a new place before I sell my old one, but I'm looking at a Co-op?

I want to buy a new place before I sell my old one, but I'm looking at a Co-op. Does that make the financing way harder?

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How do I know if HOA will increase or have a big payment?

I'm looking at a condo and the HOA seems fine, but how can i tell if they're about to his me with a huge $20k bill for "repairs" right after I move in? I can afford it all as it stands now, but have an assessment that's over $5K would sink me.

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Do I need to tell people about the creepy thing that happened next door?

Something creepy happened in the condo next to mine. I don't want to get into the details here, but it was enough to make me want to move. Do I need to tell the agent about this? Or do I need to tell the people moving in about it, or is that not my problem?

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Can I take my rose bushes to my new house?

We love our rose bushes and have put a lot of effort into maintaining them over the years. They hold a lot of memories for us. We're downsizing and want a piece of this house to take with us. Can we dig them up and take them to our new home?

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I have smart home tech. How do I transfer these without giving personal info?

I'm selling my house and have smart home tech like doorbell, thermostat and security cameras. I'm fine with leaving these things, but how to I transfer them to the new owner without compromising my security, personal info, and passwords? Do sellers normally uninstall them?

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Does a house fire affect home value?

A few years back our house was struck with lightening and caught on fire. Fire dept was quick and we lost about half of the 2nd floor. We obviously did remediation and repairs. The house is completely fine now and no damage remains. But do we need to disclose this when selling our house? Will the fact that it caught on fire affect our home value?

Asked by Tony | 03-23-2026 | 311 Views | Selling | Updated 7 months ago

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Stay or sell?

We feel ready to sell and want to move. This was meant to be a starter home. But we have a 3.4% interest rate. Here's some details about us:rnFamily of 3 going on 4rn2 bedroom 1 bath housernBought in 2017rn30 year mortgagernrnWe don't want to be landlords and we need to money from this house for our next house if we were to move.rn

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Bait and switch agents?

We want to buy a house in a new area that we're not familiar with. We talked to several agents to get a feel for who we wanted to work with. We're cautious because we didn't have a good experience with the agent for the first house that we bought. So, we chose and agent and met up with her before looking at houses. At the meet up we talked and then right before going to look at houses a new, inexperienced agent showed up and we were handed off to her. rnrnWe saw a couple houses with this new agent, and she was useless. She didn't do anything except open the door. And when we asked questions she didn't know anything. This isn't who we wanted to work with and the whole experience just was shady. rnrnWe want to leave this company and find a new agent. How do we do this quickly? We have a tight timeline.

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Can my agent work for me and the buyer?

We're selling our house. It's been on the market about 3 weeks. We've had showings and just got an offer. But the agent says the offer is from their own buyer client. So then she wants to work for both of us. She tells us that she'll be fair and equal. But how can she really? How can she have our best interest and the buyer at the same time? And will she be the one to really come out on top of all this? We want to sell, but we also don't want to get pushed over.

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Did I offend my realtor?

We interviewed a few realtors before choosing one. We felt like she understood what we wanted and had a great background. We've been working with her for several weeks, and recently she said-- I've never been interviewed by clients before. She sounded offended. We think it's reasonable to talk to several people before making this monumental decision. I don't see why she'd be offended when we chose her and clearly have liked working with her over the past few weeks. But it was awkward.

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