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Dark Korvin

Player in the RL game

Join date: 13 Jun 2005

Posts: 769

10-01-2005 12:08

In another thread, BlueWillow Kipling, suggested that residents should hire experienced land sellers to price their land. I'm curious if any land sellers are currently offering this service. I myself have decided to estimate land prices, my ad can be found here:

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Lisse Livingston

Mentor/Instructor/Greeter

Join date: 16 May 2004

Posts: 1,130

10-01-2005 20:42

I haven't been active in this field for a long time, and my web site is sorely out of date (Edit: now updated!) - however, this page describing my agent services is still current if anyone needed me.

_____________________

Land Developer, Builder and Real Estate Agent
Come to my events!
Sundays at 10:00 am: Texturing Contest
Tuesdays at 5:00 pm: Land 101 and at 7:00 pm: Trivia
Thursdays at 7:00 pm: Land 101
Fridays at 7:00 pm: Primtionary
(Other events occasionally scheduled)
Read my LiveJournal!
Visit my Livingston Properties web site for your Real Estate and Building needs!

Lisse Livingston

Mentor/Instructor/Greeter

Join date: 16 May 2004

Posts: 1,130

10-01-2005 20:48

From: someone

Originally Posted by BlueWillow Kipling
Rather than frowning, you'd do better to hire him as an appraiser to tell you what the property you have to buy or sell is worth before you put a price on it, or pay him to give you a private class on valuing property in SL.

Hiring him as an appraiser both makes it unethical for *him* to be the one buying your land or selling it to you, but also saves you all that tedious research time.

Uh... having read your ad now, doesn't it contradict the bolded phrase from BlueWillow above?

(I do not, and have never bought land from people who ask me for appraisal services)

Oh, gee, now I have to go update my web site... thought I was retired from all this!

_____________________

Land Developer, Builder and Real Estate Agent
Come to my events!
Sundays at 10:00 am: Texturing Contest
Tuesdays at 5:00 pm: Land 101 and at 7:00 pm: Trivia
Thursdays at 7:00 pm: Land 101
Fridays at 7:00 pm: Primtionary
(Other events occasionally scheduled)
Read my LiveJournal!
Visit my Livingston Properties web site for your Real Estate and Building needs!

Leif Loveless

Registered User

Join date: 5 Mar 2005

Posts: 16

Would be nice to have an open market in land too...

10-02-2005 10:26

Although land is a bit of a different beast it would be nice to have visibility into what is actually selling. Perusing the current listings you can only get a look at asking prices but nothing on actual sales. If the commodity "mature, flat land" (maybe "XXX flat land" woud be a better label) was selling in the 6.50 - 7 / sq m and "PG flat land" at $4.00 - 4.50 it would be nice to see that. It would also be nice to have performance stats for the sim too so the negative value of lag could be understood.

Maybe then when a deranged club owner/scripter/builder moves in you can sue for the decline in land values as the sim grinds to crawl. Right! LOL!

Still having a better structured and measured market than the current listings would be a good thing.

Dark Korvin

Player in the RL game

Join date: 13 Jun 2005

Posts: 769

10-02-2005 11:25

From: Lisse Livingston

Uh... having read your ad now, doesn't it contradict the bolded phrase from BlueWillow above?

(I do not, and have never bought land from people who ask me for appraisal services)

Oh, gee, now I have to go update my web site... thought I was retired from all this!

Yes, it does contradict that. Do you think it is unethical? I think it is only unethical if I tell the person that I'm going to buy at 80% of what I will sell for, and then triple the price. Oh well, was just trying to figure a way of giving a person the option of selling for themselves, or getting their money back for the appraisal and letting me sell it instead for a known percentage of what I will sell for. I'm also trying to protect myself from people asking to buy from me when they know I'm quoting off of a set % of what I will sell and then them using as an free appraisal service. In the end, this is something I don't want to be too successful. I don't mind doing it for a few people throughout the day, but would probably have to stop if I offered such a good deal that everyone came in and tried to get appraisals from me.

Land price estimates
Dark Korvin Player in the RL game Join date: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 769	10-01-2005 12:08 In another thread, BlueWillow Kipling, suggested that residents should hire experienced land sellers to price their land. I'm curious if any land sellers are currently offering this service. I myself have decided to estimate land prices, my ad can be found here: /invalid_link.html
Lisse Livingston Mentor/Instructor/Greeter Join date: 16 May 2004 Posts: 1,130	10-01-2005 20:42 I haven't been active in this field for a long time, and my web site is sorely out of date (Edit: now updated!) - however, this page describing my agent services is still current if anyone needed me. _____________________ Land Developer, Builder and Real Estate Agent Come to my events! Sundays at 10:00 am: Texturing Contest Tuesdays at 5:00 pm: Land 101 and at 7:00 pm: Trivia Thursdays at 7:00 pm: Land 101 Fridays at 7:00 pm: Primtionary (Other events occasionally scheduled) Read my LiveJournal! Visit my Livingston Properties web site for your Real Estate and Building needs!
Lisse Livingston Mentor/Instructor/Greeter Join date: 16 May 2004 Posts: 1,130	10-01-2005 20:48 From: someone Originally Posted by BlueWillow Kipling Rather than frowning, you'd do better to hire him as an appraiser to tell you what the property you have to buy or sell is worth before you put a price on it, or pay him to give you a private class on valuing property in SL. *Hiring him as an appraiser both makes it unethical for him* to be the one buying your land or selling it to you, but also saves you all that tedious research time. Uh... having read your ad now, doesn't it contradict the bolded phrase from BlueWillow above? (I do not, and have never bought land from people who ask me for appraisal services) Oh, gee, now I have to go update my web site... thought I was retired from all this! _____________________ Land Developer, Builder and Real Estate Agent Come to my events! Sundays at 10:00 am: Texturing Contest Tuesdays at 5:00 pm: Land 101 and at 7:00 pm: Trivia Thursdays at 7:00 pm: Land 101 Fridays at 7:00 pm: Primtionary** (Other events occasionally scheduled) Read my LiveJournal! Visit my Livingston Properties web site for your Real Estate and Building needs!
Leif Loveless Registered User Join date: 5 Mar 2005 Posts: 16	Would be nice to have an open market in land too... 10-02-2005 10:26 Although land is a bit of a different beast it would be nice to have visibility into what is actually selling. Perusing the current listings you can only get a look at asking prices but nothing on actual sales. If the commodity "mature, flat land" (maybe "XXX flat land" woud be a better label) was selling in the 6.50 - 7 / sq m and "PG flat land" at $4.00 - 4.50 it would be nice to see that. It would also be nice to have performance stats for the sim too so the negative value of lag could be understood. Maybe then when a deranged club owner/scripter/builder moves in you can sue for the decline in land values as the sim grinds to crawl. Right! LOL! Still having a better structured and measured market than the current listings would be a good thing.
Dark Korvin Player in the RL game Join date: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 769	10-02-2005 11:25 From: Lisse Livingston Uh... having read your ad now, doesn't it contradict the bolded phrase from BlueWillow above? (I do not, and have never bought land from people who ask me for appraisal services) Oh, gee, now I have to go update my web site... thought I was retired from all this! Yes, it does contradict that. Do you think it is unethical? I think it is only unethical if I tell the person that I'm going to buy at 80% of what I will sell for, and then triple the price. Oh well, was just trying to figure a way of giving a person the option of selling for themselves, or getting their money back for the appraisal and letting me sell it instead for a known percentage of what I will sell for. I'm also trying to protect myself from people asking to buy from me when they know I'm quoting off of a set % of what I will sell and then them using as an free appraisal service. In the end, this is something I don't want to be too successful. I don't mind doing it for a few people throughout the day, but would probably have to stop if I offered such a good deal that everyone came in and tried to get appraisals from me.

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