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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
BTW our house
is under contract.
um with no house for us to move into yet. LOL. oct 21 we close so let's hope we get something worked out beforehand.
Re: BTW our house
Yay Lachute! I think it is perfectly normal to feel nervous. At least Oct 21 is better than Sept 15. I know you will find something you love:) New houses pop up on the market every day. How are things going with the house you liked in the Yunk?
so the house we really liked , is not worth the list price with everything that needs upgrading so we sent a fair bid but they want more but didn't counter just said we need a more realistic price (um honestly we did not bid THAT far under market for a house that doesn't have any upgrades i.e. dryer is from 1970s, fridge has duct tape holding the freezers seal, oven although i think its cute is from the 1950s for godssake). turns out the house is being sold by the owners kids and there is no mortage ,Orig owner paid $6000 in 1951. so i guess they are trying to milk it for everything? the comps are not lining up in their favor but you know they have a idea what they want to make off it.
we are waiting for a real counter right now.
our final counter was to extend the closing to october because i needed a bit more time so we didn't rush into ANYTHING.
Congrats lachute! It is stressful to be under contract with no where to go yet, but that is a much better problem to have than to be waiting on a buyer.
House hunting is the fun part! You will find something you love, I am sure
Totally unrelated - I gave you a shout out on the SAHM board. There was a post about buying American and I posted the link to your World News Tonight video (which is still on the WNT homepage!)
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DD 7.11.09
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lol i am going to check it out. i am still in denial i am SAHM and stay clear of that board. eventually i hope to be employed again.
good luck with house hunting!
so nice that yours is under contract- that must be a huge relief.
the first and only people who saw it. (actually a couple looked sunday but we were already settled on a deal). my whole family can't believe we sold in under 40 days.
see participating in other posts, before you try to sell your house, will get you less of me thinking you are an idiot.
Um, I am someone who thought it would be perfectly acceptable to share information about a house that would be ideal for a young family, on this board.
Apparently, that is not the case?!
Sorry, but I must have missed the memo on 'nest etiquette'. Really, all I have received, to this point, is aggressive and condescending remarks (not helpful!).
So, how may posts am I required to make before I share information that may be of use to someone who uses this message board?
Listen, I tried to tell you (rather nicely, I might add) in your other post that blatant advertising wasn't going to endear you to anyone.
This is a "community" message board. Everyone knows each other and a lot of us have met IRL. If you were meeting new people IRL, you would introduce yourself and get to know them (which is what most new people here do). You wouldn't just say "Want to buy my house?" What makes it any more acceptable to do it here?
It's not even about nest etiquette, it's just common etiquette. oodsie is a realtor and I am sure she has a ton of starter homes she would love to post on here. But she doesn't, because she has respect for the reasons that people come on this board
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Thanks. You were quite nice about it,the other day, and that is more than I can say that all but one other poster on this board.
Got it...so my approach was wrong...I need to introduce myself first. Again, as I've explained to other not so nice posters, that this is my first experience on a message board...and IRL(before the web) an actual message board was used to post useful info to others. I wasn't aware this virtual message board was instead designed to socialize. My mistake. My fault. Now, I know. I appreciate your explaining it.
For a site that is designed to bring people with common interests together virtually, I just cant get over how aggressive everyone has been?! It makes it difficult to get to know, or want to get to know anyone, when you are attacked for a rookie mistake.
Rough crowd! ...I feel like I am back in high school. Or is it pledge week? So when does the hazing end?
So far the only interest I know you have is selling your house. Your post would have been more appropriate on Craigslist under the housing tab where the common interest is looking for a house.
And, as I already explained, I misunderstood the purpose of this board...my mistake! my fault! mea culpa! mea culpa! mea culpa!
Now riddle me this, bat man...after this experience, WHY would I want to open up to a bunch of posters who (with the exception of a few) have been nothing but mean?!
Dude, put on your big girl panties and start a post telling us about yourself if you want to join the group. We're not mean but you're like the telemarketer that calls during dinner and can't believe they got hung up on.
Takes tough skin to be around some of the boards. Not everyone is all rainbows and unicorns. Lurk some, get the feel of the board(s)