sorry to say it but there is nothing dishonest to engage in a conversation with an Agent that has a house on market since 200 days and offer to buy at a lower offer price - seller they believe owns the Taj Mahal and expecially after pandemic they raise asking price way too high - once again, guys we are entertaining a conversation with a seller and if the house is on market since 200 days, guess what, I believe the agent and the seller maybe a bit motivated, or what? 

Conversely, I have seem some rare situations where the bank wants the property and bids higher than its lien.

@Justin SegarraThere are a handful of us here in the forum that House Hack MTR by the room on FF (and other sites) and the informative conversations are sprinkled throughout, so I recommend doing a keyword search here.

You want to have that conversation typically 3-4 months prior to looking to purchase to help put things in order if they need attention.

With 100 homeowners who received a cost estimate only 5 remained in the program due to costs of a single conversion climbing up to $1M...it's just not worth it.https://citylimits.org/2023/03/13/in...about-cellars/If there was something in place that was more affordable, I'm sure more homeowners would be willing to take this route, myself included, to meet the city standards.

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It would be a condo conversion in DC but I see none in Hagerstown.

Id love to sit of the table of everyone with seniority over me, and learn.Open to any conversations, Replies, or Comments !

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