You were very naive and foolish not to get anything in writing before, I have to say. Do you have any way to prove you moved out and separated when you did? Bills now being sent to another address?

You can absolutely force the sale of the property. But get legal advice, pronto.

Nothing seems to be working. My house is a spanish property located on the costa blanca, spain.

Its been for sale for just over 3 years now.
There is a lot of racism here, where agents will take buyers to spanish owned properties instead of English owned properties.
What do I do?
How can I get rid of my house. Its a nice house, I can’t understand why no one will buy it.
Its priced reasonably and I will accept offers.

I really need answers.

It is doubtful you will be able to get over the racism issue, but any 9 times out of ten the reason a house doesn’t sell is because it is over priced. People tend to be able to overlook their prejudice for a good deal.

Just hang in there with her until the end. At least you are getting showings and she is on you about letting her show it…. I know realtors who can’t even remember what properties they have listed and don’t even know when it is being shown.

But what if we sell this house, then discover all those bargain houses have problems, such as needing extensive repairs or being perpetual short sales?

The place we want to buy a bigger house is far away, but we also have the option of just keeping this house and staying here.

We want to sell while the tax credit is in effect, because it can make it easier to sell faster. If it expires, we will just give up and stay put.

So our real question is how we decide how cheaply to sell this house, without knowing how cheap houses really are where we want to go.

It is always best to consider with some skepticism any advise of a person who profits by your purchase. I have always invested in a private appraisal – sure it might cost a couple hundred dollars – far cheaper than over paying for a house – far cheaper. Also after seeing a house I am interested in I always go without the realtor and talk to the neighbors. A Sunday afternoon works well for this. "Hi, my name is Thomas and I am considering buying the house on the corner. Do you know anything about it and the neighborhood?" They may be friends with the owner, but most people cannot resist being asked their opinion and you will learn much:

The bad:

"Yeah, I think the basement leaks – I loaned Joe my portable sump pump last spring"

" New roof last year – too bad they had so much water damage before it was replaced."

"Kathy told me they were going to sellout and move after she got out of the hospital – poor thing – the home invasion really shook her up and I don’t blame her, getting beat up and raped like that. We’re putting our place on the market too as soon as it is all fixed up and ready to list. Whole neighborhood is going to hell!"

The good.

"Joe, over there, he is a fanatic about maintenance – always working on the place. Must be the best kept house in the neighborhood."

"Schools are good here, top ten in the state rankings."

Like any major purchase – it is worth a trip to check on prices before making the move of this magnitude. It is up to the buyer to do due diligence and pity the man who does not.

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