Building a house

I was a builder for almost 20 years, most of the time in neighborhoods we developed.

Negotiating is fluid. If they're selling the houses as soon as they finish them, then not so much; if they're sitting on houses, or they are trying to get the neighborhood kicked off, they should be more flexible.

Everything in life is negotiable. You just might not always get the answer you want.

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Best value may not equate to the lowest price.

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Absolutely. #1 son is at UNC-Chapel Hill .. the family shows up to help pick a house and negotiate the deal.

After low-balling the asking price, using time as weapon and a couple of counter offers, we got $500 of asking price ..

But it appears, at the moment, to have been a good decision.

I tell people, a builder is only as good as his subs.

Good subs, good builder. Bad subs, bad builder.