Tuesday, June 18, 2013

"Up" in the air

Being a parent we can't help but get caught up in watching cartoons with our kids. And yes, there has been times when our kids have gone to bed, then Keith and I find ourselves still watching the cartoons. Something that, honestly, I hope I never grow out of! ;)
One fond memory I have is taking my daughter to see the movie "Up" in 2009. It was so cute, and made us both tear up a bit. Of course the "Realtor" in me started asking "Why didn't Carl just sell his house"!
After all he was offered double the last offer was, what seller wouldn't jump at that!?

 Then I brought myself back to reality and told myself it was just a movie and to enjoy it with my daughter!

If I was a little more nerdy I could say, just for fun lets pretend this wasn't a fictional scenario and take a look at what would have happened if Carl had make the financially sound decision to sell his home to the developer. We would need to look at the location of the home, next the size of the home (ie: number of beds, baths, sq ft), lastly we would look at the price per sq ft of comparable homes.

It can be done, I've seen people do it! However, I prefer to keep the mind set that Carl was just as happy going on his adventure with Russell, never realizing the financial mistake he made.

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