Aimee, you will NOT fuck it up. You will be JUST FINE.

Thanks, Plei.

the old "in jury duty all day long" scam.

more like, rustling up counteroffers all day long. 4:30, find out there's another offer in. FUCK. we go up to our max and see how it will work out. At this point, the anxiety is gone, we have no more room to wiggle, they'll either take it or they won't.

I'm trying hard to get the bad taste out of my mouth, of feeling bamboozled, but hey, it's the game, and we played too. we could have taken their counteroffer last night.

I asked my buyer's agent this, and she seemed kind of taken aback and squirmy about it, but is it illegal for sellers to make up other phantom buyers? Or just highly unethical? or just, "eh, it happens"?

Quick, someone tell me how pretty the house is! [link]

Nora, we were talking the other day and if we lived out there, we;d totally want that house. So much old world charm and those wide floor planks!! To. Die. For.

It's the other one that's being built on the truck frame.

The Forrester is built on the Impreza platform, which is Subaru's small car platform. The Outback is built on the Legend platform, which is Subaru's midsize car platform. They have a new SUV called the Tribeca that is much larger and can seat seven, but it still is a unibody not a frame and body like a truck.

thanks, Aimée! Feel free to send "screw you, lady!" vibes to the blondie at the bottom of the listing page. civic duty my ass.

If I'm recalling my mother's real estate courses correctly, phantom buyers are illegal as well as being unethical.

But this information is at least fifteen years old, and in California, to boot.

Feel free to send "screw you, lady!" vibes to the blondie at the bottom of the listing page. civic duty my ass.

Screw you vibes being sent, captain. warp speed.

I'll do it...I have a million of them.

We have an Element this week for the BF to review (for About.com Go! Read!). He just picked it up this morning. We had last year's model, which we both liked so much that we decided it's our next car (in the mythical "we actually have some money" future).

thank you, everyone for your perspective. I know this subject is pretty tiresome, at this point (probably from the get go), but it is so emotionally wrought that it's hard to talk about with non-invisible friends/family. So, very helpful.

BTW, the screw you lady vibes, were jokey though. although I do "grr" at her a little bit. she's just doing her job, which is getting as much money as possible for her client. well done, agent person. it was the being left hanging all. damn. day. that made me insane.