What stops scammers from placing fake bids to try to force interested sellers into a higher price?

Earnest money deposit, e.g. I had to produce a $1,000 check when we made an offer on our house

Man nice to see your out of your apartment Ryan congrats! I don't think your dad said anything about you buying a house, unless he did I don't really leave my computer very much nowadays.

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Well, it's been over a year now, but thanks. haha.

Oregon actually has a no-fault buyer system, where a buyer can actually back out basically at any given time, sighting any little reason. haha. But yah, I did have to supply an earnest money check.

I actually submitted an offer for my house the day I viewed it, beause I had been poking around for a few months before, and whenever I'd take a day, or two, to think about it, it'd always have already been sold, or at least in the process of it.

So because of that no fault buyer thing in Oregon, I was just all "Fuck it, I'll apply for all the houses". I actually got my bid accepted on two houses at the same time, but I definitely liked this one more, and it happened to go through the process a bit faster, so it worked out great.

Both were short sales, so it took quite some time between accepting and getting the keys.

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funny how they're called short sales but those are the ones that take fucking forever (I know they're not called short for that reason)

Right lol I meant to say that it has been over a year but did not put it in my comment earlier XD well that's good if I ever come to the point of buying a house I would be nervous because my parents got fore closed on(my parents suddenly had to pay $1,000 more in payments) and got laid off their job just goes to show you that economy is still messed up.

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Yeah lol I steered clear of those. I wasn't patient enough. My hat's off to you Rid, it definately pays off in the long run if you can deal with the process.

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lol good news I added an extension to my house, found a tv box.

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Awesome!

Congrats man! That'a awesome!

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Aldy™
Kicker of Ass™

Thank god the Minivan is not yours lols.

Btw the guy who says "the rent is too damn high" lives in nyc and I've seen him a couple times. lols.

He drives a SUV around with his face and his MEME around.

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I was going to post about the TV being too high too haha. Neck Problems Galore.

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Harmonic Rampage in XIV


Somebody make me a Sig

haha, this thread keeps popping up every now and then.

the TV is high, but it's not all that big of a deal, in all honesty. I 2 years in, and I haven't noticed any neck problems yet.

Gonna edit out that original picture with the minivan, though. :D

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post a picture of your christmas lights rid ^^

I don't have one with all the lights. Sadly, my great scheme of going blue and "cool white" didn't work out all that great, because I couldn't find any cool white lights in the stores. So it's a bone one-toned. I'll try to get a pick up later. It'd look a lot better with a bit more cool white lights strewn about.

I do like decorating, though. It's the girl in me! That's why I want our FC housing so bad, so I can bug Ket into letting me play Sims in it, or at least in one room of it, or something!

Consolation gift: pics from halloween.

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Ridere Edit: Harm, I meant to reply to your post, but it looks like I edited it instead. I'm so sorry!

Ha as long as it helped, did you want me to repost it?

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Harmonic Rampage in XIV


Somebody make me a Sig

how much gil did your plot of land cost?

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RIP Shiloh - I'll never forget ya

600 mil, because Rid is a baller.

haha,

I actually bought a short-sale, so I got a good price, but it took forever!

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