Narrator
: We interrupt this thread for a moment of reflection.
Just as the run-up led to a lot of irrational exuberance on "prices will never fall and I can always rent so I will always make money!", the current market environment is creating a lot of froth as well. Everyone sees the newest low-water-mark, and suddenly assumes that every single seller is going to have to take that price, or even something lower. The ROFR thread has always had an element of one-upsmanship (or maybe
downsmanship) but you can feel it gaining more momentum nearly every day.
It's easy to get caught up in the frenzy and decide you need to get an agreement no higher than the very best price reported, and even that is only "okay". And if you can't get that, there is no deal.
Don't get me wrong, that's totally fine! If that's what you want to do, there is no reason not to. But if the most important goal is to buy more points at a particular resort in a particular UY (or set of resorts/UYs) it might be worth a few extra dollars to get agreement and get it over with, because your time is worth money too.
Before any one accuses me of being a shill: No I don't work for a broker, and no I am not (nor will I be) selling
DVC points. I have nothing to gain by any particular sales price. This is just how I tend to do things.
The last time we moved, we priced the house we were selling a little lower than the agent thought he could get, because moving was more important than getting the last thousand dollars. We offered a bit above asking for the house we were buying, because it had just come on the market and we expected there to be competition.
There was competition, but we go the house we wanted, and we sold the one we had quickly. That removed a lot of anxiety and that was worth the money we "lost".
Awesome contract!
