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Originally Posted by nyalpine90
our first offer we submitted was the asking price. the agent came back and said there was already an offer. we waited for few days, contacted the agent and told us to make higher offer if we could. Since we liked the house so much we went offered $20k over asking price. The agent told us there was another offer that was accepted, and ours was on hold, like back up.
This week, the house is still on market. I check daily, on all of the sites that the property is listed on lol 
the wife wants to wait til next month or in Oct to look again, maybe things have calm down a bit. |
OK so your offer is a backup, not an "accepted offer". It will take time for the status to change, they drag their ass. They will only come to you if the current deal craps out (like Rick mentioned). If the deal goes south early, that would be due to something bad - issues with the inspection kind of thing. If it's a finance thing where first buyer couldn't secure a mortgage, that will take a while.
Just keep looking and don't get hung up on waiting for this one. I know it's hard but you can't do this with emotions. Don't make the mistake of getting in over your head because you love the house. The right one will come along.
You are dealing with your own real estate agent, no? If not, you should especially being a first timer.