Detroit Real Estate

There are a small percentage of home buyers that have such strict criteria that they turn down house after house.  Some of these people look for years.  They go through multiple real estate agents.  They get frustrated.  90% of the time they never get "THAT" house.  A small percentage don't buy at all and another percentage take as long as 5 years to buy.

Many settle.  They get frustrated.  I have been with buyers like these.  They end up buying a house that doesn't even come close to having what they need.  They get tired one day and just buy a house.  They settle for a house that doesn't even meet their needs.  They will have passed up so many houses that were close but not "EXACTLY" like they wanted.  Then they just buy the next house they see.

I will give you an example.  I was taking this guy out a few years back.  He and his significant other had children from previous marriages.  They needed a finished basement and a 3 bedroom home.  They need space for all the kids.  They looked and looked but the homes didn't meet their standards. They ended up buying a 2 bedroom house because they got frustrated.

 Lots of reasons home buyers turn houses down.  Here are some of the many reason why buyers turn down houses:

• the next door neighbor didn't cut his grass the right height
• They don't like the neighbors just from one look or from listening to them
• the bus stop was too close
• The layout wasn't right
• The kitchen cupboards were the wrong color
• The basement was too cut up
• the porch is cracked
• The carpet wasn't new enough
• They saw three old people in the neighborhood
• The carpet was the wrong color
• One bedroom is too small
• there is cracked concrete
• The house had animal heads in it
• They don't like the tree in the yard
• the porch isn't big enough
• the walls are the wrong color
• The next door neighbor had weeds in their yard
• There is no deck 
• a wall is in the wrong place
• The garage had no electricity
• there were kids next door
• Too much wallpaper
• The refrigerator is in the wrong place
• The windows are old
• The window in the room is in the wrong place

What I am trying to say is that there is no "PERFECT" house.  There is always a reason.  Even in brand new houses that you build you can't have it all unless you have unlimited money.  All houses are "IMPERFECT".  You sometimes have to think beyond cosmetic issues, you have to sometimes give up on little.  I don't want you to do is give up a on what you want, but even more I don't want you to pass up houses that are close.  And then buy a home that isn't what you want.

I have seen it too many times.  They are unhappy that they passed up on some of the houses.  Many times they are unhappy with their purchase later o

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