I always say, 'What if you had to sell the house tomorrow?' And if it's too idiosyncratic, someone won't buy it and then it's a bad house.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are certain people who seem doomed to buy certain houses. The house expects them. It waits for them.
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.
Instead of dumping all my money on an independent film that nobody would watch and most people would make fun of behind my back, I decided, 'I'm just going to buy a house.'
We have a lot of guests who are trying to take over the house and the owner of the house doesn't like it.
You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'
It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.
Many a family, in order to make a 'proper showing,' will commit itself for a larger and more expensive house than is needed, in an expensive neighborhood. Almost everyone would, it seems, like to keep up with the Joneses.
Nothing is worse than a home that is too perfect and done. You have to live in it.
I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.
Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.