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This Mistake When Fixing Up Your House Could Be Costly
A while back, I was contacted by some friends of mine, a family in another state. The story goes like this: My friends had employed a contractor to remodel their basement. The contractor worked for several weeks always making a minimum amount of noise, picking up after him, and seemingly using the best in materials. When he was finished, the job looked perfect. The air conditioning functioned well; the drywall and paint that had been applied looked wonderful; there were plenty of electrical sockets to plug in to. Carpeting, tile, bedroom and bathroom seemed flawless. In fact, the couple lived there another year, found another home, purchased it and moved in to the new house. Then they put there former (1st) house up for sale. It all happened precisely in the order just stated.With the market the way it's been, they waited for an offer - one month, two, three, four months had passed and finally during the fifth month of their listing they had an offer for only $5,000 less then they were asking, with NO additional money to be given the buyer out of their pocket. Knowing they were in a buyers market and fortunate to even have an ... more

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