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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you sell to the highest bidder anyway?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, my wife and I didn't sell to the two highest bidders on our first house because the fuckers were obviously going to rent it out.

One was a bid entered by a piece of software often used by flippers and rental companies (had branding at the bottom of the pages etc) and the other was a cash in hand bid with an overt offer of more under the table, which is fairly illegal where we live.

We selected third place, someone who had messy handwriting, obviously has been written by two different people, and ended the bid with "777" which was cute and showed us not only were they human, they really wanted the place. And no wonder, with offers like the first two likely happening on nearly every sale in the area.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I did that myself with a home. I ignored the high bid in favor of selling at a steep discount to a young family.