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Chad

Chad

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So when we moved up to VA, we decided to rent because we didn't want to get stuck in a house/neighborhood that sucked. So we are coming up on 3 years in this house (the longest my wife and I have ever lived in the same house). Last year the owner contacted us and asked us how long we were looking to rent. We told him, until our kids graduate in 8 years. He said awesome, we can stay as long as we want. So we get an email yesterday saying he is selling the house. I totally understand, they want to buy a house and they can't qualify while still owning the house. The big problem, is he wants to sell now. Are kids still have a couple of months of school left and we had no warning to even start looking. So now we are in a rush to find something. We thought about scrounging up the funds to buy this house, but it isn't worth what they want for it to us, but I am sure someone will buy it quickly. So any house finding vibes you can send our way would be appreciated.
 
Mojo dude!!!

We ran into something like that back when our son was born. The owner mentioned the following year that he wanted to sell the house and if we were interested - we were. We started to look around for loan possibilities on what the going comps were but the dude wanted to sell the house for what he paid for it which was much more. Fuck that, we lucked out and found another place in another city >70K less and 800 square feet larger.

So you'll find something. Good luck with the search!!!
 
mojo

also....read you lease. generally state law prohibits a landlord from making you leave without at least 30 days notice and sometimes more. how much time is left on your lease? you may need to get a lawyer. if you have like 6 months left on the lease you may be able to stay for the duration of it. even if he sells the house to someone else, they may be bound to honor the lease until it is up.

just sayin'
 
It's fairly easy to slow down the sale of a house if you want to. 30 days escrow, then minimum 30 days to evict. That would be the scenario if the house sold today. You probably don't want to go that route, but if you mention that to the landlord, and tell him you would be happy to move mid June, you should be able to stay until school is out.
 
Guitar Heel said:
Aw fuck, I'm sorry buddy. It's pretty dickish to not wait until your kids are done for the year.
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He did say they would try to put in a rent back clause in the sale so we can stay here until school is out. But most realtors advise buyers to not do that. Either way, we are still trying to get this all done while the kids are finishing and they really don't want to move even to the other side of the neighborhood.
 
335clone said:
It's fairly easy to slow down the sale of a house if you want to. 30 days escrow, then minimum 30 days to evict. That would be the scenario if the house sold today. You probably don't want to go that route, but if you mention that to the landlord, and tell him you would be happy to move mid June, you should be able to stay until school is out.
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We have a better way to slow it down. Our neighbor said if the owner ever tries to sell, he will make sure to be a total nightmare when people come to look at the house. Knowing my neighbor, I plan so see him in tighty whiteys watering the lawn when potential buyers come to look at the house.
 
Super mojo. I got kicked out of a rental in December of 1999. I had to move on the New Years Eve of the Millennium.
 
That's rough. We had a similar situation a few years ago as we still rent as well. We were living in a parsonage for a local church as their then current pastor had her own with her husband in Vienna. She re-upped for what was to be at least three years in the fall of 2013. In February of 2014 we were told she was leaving and we'd have to move ASAP. We got a few months, but it was a scramble and large increase in rent to stay in the area.

The real estate market in northern VA is horrible though. Everything is hugely expensive. When the real estate market collapsed all it did around here was plateau and has been on the rise again for years. Everything around us that is even marginally appealing is at least half a million, but nothing's perfect. The school district ain't what she used to be either.

Where are you looking?
 
Ugh, that's terrible. At least the owner isn't being a dick about it (yet.) Now this thread is giving me anxiety about moving next year. :embarrassed:

Mojo for a fast resolution!
 
Lots and lots of house mojo. That situation sucks all around.

Kerouac said:
Ugh, that's terrible. At least the owner isn't being a dick about it (yet.) Now this thread is giving me anxiety about moving next year. :embarrassed:

Mojo for a fast resolution!
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Where are you thinking of moving to? Getting a place closer to Ashlee?
 
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We got evicted from two house rentals in 2008 and 2010, because the owners wanted to sell. the first was particularly harsh, because my wife was recovering from knee surgery. That pretty much convinced us to buy...
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
That's rough. We had a similar situation a few years ago as we still rent as well. We were living in a parsonage for a local church as their then current pastor had her own with her husband in Vienna. She re-upped for what was to be at least three years in the fall of 2013. In February of 2014 we were told she was leaving and we'd have to move ASAP. We got a few months, but it was a scramble and large increase in rent to stay in the area.

The real estate market in northern VA is horrible though. Everything is hugely expensive. When the real estate market collapsed all it did around here was plateau and has been on the rise again for years. Everything around us that is even marginally appealing is at least half a million, but nothing's perfect. The school district ain't what she used to be either.

Where are you looking?
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We are going to stay in our neighborhood. We don't want the kids switching schools. It sucks because our youngest is going into 6th grade next school year. If this was happening next year, we would have a larger area to look in because she would be going into middle school. We live really close to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum.

Yeah, I am not impressed with the schools here anymore. We left the best school district in Florida (which isn't saying much) but in some things they are better than they are here. This is the wealthiest area in the country so I would expect better schools.
 
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