We live in the Darlington section of Pawtucket. Its a nice area. Russ moved in 3 houses down from me about 5 years ago and we have been great friends ever since. The lots and houses are small. The taxes are high and the school system isn't good.
We went with the first guy who was no nonsense. Offered our asking price and offered $5k more when told we had another offer for our asking price. Seems like a good guy and has everthing ready to go.
The other woman who wanted the house seemed like she was playing games but helped us get over our asking price. She had an agent, wanted us to pay closing cost and commission. So while she came in with an offer $10k higher than asking price, once you add the closing cost of $3500 and 2% commission her offfer was $1,830 lower. Plus she didn't want to move until August or September and hte first guy wants to close June 17th.
The good news is that I should have the shop built by the end of the year if all goes well. Hoping to build between a 36'x24' and 36'x28'
