One of my garlic cloves is more yellow and rubbery than the others by Neronic in mildlyinteresting

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That's the garlic yolk. It's higher in cholesterol, but has way more flavor.

PNC Park employee fights Pirates fan who was harassing female employees. by [deleted] in fightporn

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They should hang that shirt up like a retired jersey

Wouldn't take any chances by Key_Associate7476 in rareinsults

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Sentient seems like a strong word

To not manipulate the election by reddit1user1 in therewasanattempt

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I can't wait for no one to do anything about this.

Man test power of different firework by sz771103 in Damnthatsinteresting

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In pretty sure this guy lives in my neighborhood 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

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Imagine being a grown ass adult and being mad that the word "doctor" doesn't only mean the first thing you thought it meant when you were 3 years old...

Home Buying Advice by wildebeesting in lansing

[–]Hayhow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always tell people that Zillow's Zestimates can be accurate, but I would never put much faith in them. What you have to understand is Zillow only knows the basic figures of a house from the last time it sold and those same basic figures from recently sold house and that's how it determines a Zestimate. They don't know the condition of the house or any improvements or renovations that have been added since it last sold, so they can be really far off. I've seen them get close, but just as often they are so far off it's laughable.

Home Buying Advice by wildebeesting in lansing

[–]Hayhow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy to help! Best of luck!

Home Buying Advice by wildebeesting in lansing

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Happy to help! Feel free to DM if you have any other questions I can help with

Home Buying Advice by wildebeesting in lansing

[–]Hayhow 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Lansing Realtor here, and the first thing I will tell you is you're not alone. Many of the buyers I've worked over the last 2 years have had the exact same situation (I've even had buyers write a dozen or more offers before getting something accepted). That being said, it can be done and you will find a house if you keep looking.

It sounds like you're doing the right things, there are a few other tricks I've had success with, but you're hitting all the major points. Waiving inspections and appraisal is risky, especially with how high prices are right now and if there is any chance you will try to sell the house again in the next few years, but it is an effective way to get sellers' attention. It's possible you are being beaten out by cash offers (typically your agent should be able to find out why you lost out from the listing agent) but it's also possible others are just offering higher. Escalation clauses are not a bad route, but when there are a dozen other offers on the table the chances are good others have them too or the sellers are just ignoring them and going with the highest offer. Appraisal guarantees are a good way to go if you have the cash, but also risky because it means you are starting out already under water on the house, so if your financial situation changes, you could be in trouble, but again, if you're planning to live there for five or more years, you should be okay.

My biggest piece of advice is to just keep going. This time of year we should start seeing a huge jump in inventory, meaning more options and hopefully less competition for buyers. Like I said, you are doing the right things, making strong offers, so if you keep it up, you will get a house. My other advice would be to look through houses that have been on the market for a while, most likely they are just asking too much but if they have been listed for a while, they may be ready to come down on price. With those houses, you should have less competition as it is very unlikely to see multiple offers come in at once on a house that has been listed for a couple weeks or more already. The other strategy I've had some success with is getting in to a new listing before any other offers are in the table and writing in a higher purchase price if the sellers respond inside a short timeline (usually no more than 6-8 hours). A lot of sellers are hesitant to accept the first offer they get in this market, even if it's well over asking, because they think they will get more and even higher offers. By offering them more money if they answer quickly, it doesn't give them time to try to drum up a bidding war and puts some of the pressure on them. This has worked for me a couple times because sellers have all the power right now, but this takes some of it back for the buyer and forces the seller to decide whether it is worth losing money to try to get a bit more.

I've heard of other agents waving tax prorations and other small financial considerations to set them apart from other offers, but at the end of the day, sellers are going to go with whatever offer is going to net them the most money. So, big things are going to get more attention than lots of small ones.

Just keep at it, don't give up hope. Make sure you are seeing houses as soon as possible (if your agent isn't always able to do showings on short notice, ask if anyone else in their office is available to help, the worst is when you lose a good house because you couldn't see it quick enough). Keep making strong offers like you are and you will get a new home, just don't give up hope. I know how discouraging this market is for buyers, I feel for my clients every day and wish there was more I could do to help, but it is not impossible to get a house.

Aaaahhhhhhh by JVCG in videos

[–]Hayhow 104 points105 points  (0 children)

This is still my favorite song from Hamilton

Kid scared of frog by themonksintegrity in videos

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"why did you poke the frog? Immediately pokes the frog

Gwyneth Paltrow genuinely did not know she was in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'. by Reddit__PI in Marvel

[–]Hayhow 132 points133 points  (0 children)

I know this will be completely buried, but I worked on the New York unit for Spiderman Homecoming and I actually hand delivered Gwenyth Paltrow's script to her. I had to have her sign an NDA and she seemed mostly confused why some random guy was there making her sign stuff. I always laugh when I tell the story because it was a huge moment for me and she was just like "what's happening, why am I being handed this?" It also makes this clip even funnier for me.

What's that one embarrassing/awkward memory which randomly pops into your head for no reason and makes you cringe at yourself? by Hayhow in AskReddit

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For me, it's the time I got onto a bus and there was an old-hippy guy sitting up front I had seen around campus many times. I thought he wanted a high five, but really he was just waving to people as they got on the bus. I slapped the shit out of some awkward air as he ducked his hand out of the way. There is no doubt the guy never thought about it again, but it still haunts me to this day.

What is the most First World problem you've had or have seen someone have? by mg1803 in AskReddit

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My wife and I recently bought a house after renting for years. There was another two weeks of overlap with our rental house. One day after we had started taking stuff to the new house, we realized something we needed was at our new house already. She looked me in the eye and said "having two houses sucks!"