Hi - I've been looking for a home in the Syracuse/Liverpool area for the past several weeks now. I've made offers on three houses. The sellers of one house wouldn't budge from their asking price. The other two homes had aluminum wiring, which after much research and advice, made me walk away from the houses. I looked on Zillow and on ongov.net to find out the assessed value, taxes and what comparable homes in the area had recently sold for and based my offers somewhere on the low side of the middle. Twenty percent might not be too low an offer, depending on the house and the sellers circumstances. Make sure you make any offer contingent on a home inspection. I'd be really upset if I had found out after the fact that a home I owned had aluminum wiring. - Fri May 9 2008, 18:47
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