So then, sight unseen car shopping; is it a pursuit purely for fools like me or can it be a great way of grabbing an automotive bargain? In truth, I think both. It can definitely snowball into a very expensive nightmare but equally, it can mean you pip others to the post in securing...
Skinny/suave guy drove me to a compound that he was renting, let me check over the car, and handed me the keys. He made sure to show me the oil that came out of the car on the last oil change. It was black, like used oil. I’m not sure what he was getting at, but he tre...
It was our top priority to find a home in a convenient location for my husband to commute to work using public transportation since we wanted to own one car. We also had in mind that we might keep the home and rent when we move overseas again in the future. Thus, owning a home in ...
Don’t bargain over email, do not negotiate sight unseen and never send any money electronically. Be wary of strange requests. For example, if the seller wants to verify your identity by texting you a code, or asking for your personal information, etc. ...
Because of the closing deadlines and distances involved in our sale of the CA house and purchase of the NJ home, we bought the latter "sight unseen," relying on computer images and the opinion of friends who live in Jersey and did the walkthrough for us. This way of buying a house...
Even with Beepi’s generous return policy, buying a used car sight-unseen strikes us as risky. But selling a used car through Beepi could be the hassle-free way of avoiding the tire-kickers on Craigslist. Virtually Real Besides traditional financing options—or spreading the cost of...
Our best measure of demand is contracts signed. This number has steadily declined to a new weekly low of 36 for the past week. The contracts currently being signed are likely sight unseen in person and due to virtual video tours. This time of the year should be averaging about 250 to 275...
My agent hardly needed to ask if we were going to make a sight-unseen offer. We did exactly that knowing that it could not be in worse shape than the previous home we had bid on. Our bid was over-asking and we priced it relative to the previous house. ...
automatically locks onto the local NOAA weather channel, has a vibration alert, lets you use privacy codes, has a “whisper” mode, comes with headsets, rechargeable battery packs, a car charger, plus they can run on AA batteries if you’re far off the grid. Plus, they come in Mossy Oa...
My agent hardly needed to ask if we were going to make a sight-unseen offer. We did exactly that knowing that it could not be in worse shape than the previous home we had bid on. Our bid was over-asking and we priced it relative to the previous house. ...