Comments on: Not clear on how this whole bubble thing works http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/09/09/not-clear-on-how-this-whole-bubble-thing-works Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:52:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/09/09/not-clear-on-how-this-whole-bubble-thing-works#comment-51420 Tozier Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:36:08 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/09/09/not-clear-on-how-this-whole-bubble-thing-works#comment-51420 Which we've offered to do, and pay for. Over and above the money paid for the land. Plus, he's technically blocked by deed restrictions from subdividing. He has to transfer to a neighbor, or sell the entire lot as one. It's us or nobody... I admit it's hard to get over the expectation that "land will always increase in value". But to have it increase in value between stages in a negotiation... is a bit much. Which we’ve offered to do, and pay for. Over and above the money paid for the land.

Plus, he’s technically blocked by deed restrictions from subdividing. He has to transfer to a neighbor, or sell the entire lot as one. It’s us or nobody…

I admit it’s hard to get over the expectation that “land will always increase in value”. But to have it increase in value between stages in a negotiation… is a bit much.

]]> By: Ken Muldrew http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/09/09/not-clear-on-how-this-whole-bubble-thing-works#comment-51419 Ken Muldrew Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:26:19 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/09/09/not-clear-on-how-this-whole-bubble-thing-works#comment-51419 Is the 7 acre segment already a separate parcel? Otherwise, isn't there a rather arduous path to subdivision that the seller has to navigate before the sale can be made? Is the 7 acre segment already a separate parcel? Otherwise, isn’t there a rather arduous path to subdivision that the seller has to navigate before the sale can be made?

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