[Woodworkers] I put in an offer...

[John McCaskill]

Sorry about that. Hard to beat an inside deal


On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 10:52 AM Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Well, sad to say, I guess it wasn't meant to be.
>
> We were buying from the US government, and there were some really weird
> things going on. We had to submit our bid twice. We went way over asking
> price and still got outbid.
>
> Originally there was one bid from a friend of the listing agent, and it
> was below asking price. The listing agent made sure to tell us he already
> had an offer on the property, and wasn't really that interested in showing
> it. We still looked at it and made an offer over asking price, then did the
> waiting game. They finally came back and asked all interested parties to
> make another offer, which is weird. We put in our second offer, higher,
> last Sunday.
>
> I have a sneaking suspicion that the buddy of the listing agent was privy
> to all of the offers and was able to come in over the top at the
> last minute. To my calculations, it would cost between $50k and $100k to
> get the house fixed up really nice. There is also about $100k worth of
> harvestable timber on the property. I'm guessing that the buddy has plans
> to come in, harvest the timber, fix up the house, sell it, and make a nice
> profit.
>
> Maybe it's for the best.
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 10:06 AM Sid Hymes via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>> Most of us are actually just jealous ... really, really jealous!
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 7:42 AM Scott Rohan=Smith via Woodworkers <
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>>
>>> You’re going to get lost in there Steve, we’ll never see you again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Smitty aka Scott Rohan-Smith
>>>
>>> Missoula, MT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Doh, a beer I want a beer
>>>
>>> Ray, the guy who buys me beer
>>>
>>> Me, the guy whom Ray buys beer
>>>
>>> Fa, a long way to go for beer
>>>
>>> So, I think I’ll have a beer
>>>
>>> La, La la la la la la
>>>
>>> Ti, no thanks I’ll have a beer
>>>
>>> And that will bring us back to Doh! Doh! Doh!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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