OT ... at least one cool thing about Scott Barnes...

[Revenge Of The Noise]

He's finally getting around to selling his Pittsburgh house (actually in the North Park Villas). He may have done us serious harm with Stallings, but the guy at least had a pretty cool item in his man cave ...

Enjoy the rest of the tour at http://www.realtor.com/realestatean..._PA_15044_M33996-52506?ex=PA601287749#photo20

 

[Fk_Pitt]

That's pretty cool. Are those pennants all places he attended and worked at? I assume so.

Wonder if Steve P has A Dinocat pool table with the word Pittsburgh plastered everywhere throughout his man cave.

 

[mehinpgh]

The house went on the market in February for $830k, went contingent then fell through then they pulled the listing. Went back on the market with a $90k haircut, so he is going to lose a good chunk of money on this one since he bought it for $730k just two years ago and now has transfer stamps and realtor fees. Christine the agent is a friend, I hope she gets it sold for him quickly. The pool table was on sale on Craigslist a few months ago and someone posted it on here. I am sure it did not last long; gorgeous billiards piece.

 

[Cathedral Lawn Frisbee]

Odd to see a home in this price range go contingent and then go back to active.

The house went on the market in February for $830k, went contingent then fell through then they pulled the listing. Went back on the market with a $90k haircut, so he is going to lose a good chunk of money on this one since he bought it for $730k just two years ago and now has transfer stamps and realtor fees. Christine the agent is a friend, I hope she gets it sold for him quickly. The pool table was on sale on Craigslist a few months ago and someone posted it on here. I am sure it did not last long; gorgeous billiards piece.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

Odd to see a home in this price range go contingent and then go back to active.

Why? People think they have more money than the really do. Maybe they realized spending every last cent on a mortgage just to keep up with the jones wasn't a smart decision.

 

[Las Panteras]

I'm guessing it might have to do with the previous potential buyers......perhaps from out of town......not being able to sell their home.

That is one of the key differences between a home being contingent.....or being "under contract".

 

[Revenge Of The Noise]

Or that the prospective buyers couldn't adequately qualify for a mortgage.

 

[mehinpgh]

The realtor comments say it was a clean inspection, so it was either they didn't sell their house or couldn't qualify...that is a lot more rare in this price range than your typical Pittsburgh $200k house.

 

[JoseLind13]

Contingent buys are generally associated with the buyer selling their existing home or finalizing a job move timeline, rather than scraping-up financing approvals. At that price level, no respected realtor is going to enter a contingent agreement (nor even SHOW the home) to buyers that are not already pre-qualified for sufficient financing upon sale of their existing home.

 

[JoseLind13]

. The pool table was on sale on Craigslist a few months ago and someone posted it on here. I am sure it did not last long; gorgeous billiards piece.

I got the Pitt Script felt online for around $500 and now even my affordable run-of-the-mill ordinary pool table now looks glorious and high-end! Love it.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Odd to see a home in this price range go contingent and then go back to active.

Clearly the problem was that the buyers thought that the script pool table was included. Once they found out it was sold on craigslist, the plug was pulled.