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Inauguration Day Closing - Lions & Tigers & Bears - Oh My!
Yesterday, was a memorable day for our nation and for us as REALTORS. 
Obstacles can be overcome, both in life and business (God willing).
The  American Dream of Home Ownership is having more obstacles of late, in getting to the closing table.
 
 In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's famous line
 " Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My! " somehow reminds me of a 3 month journey (not on a yellow brick road:) to closing a UNIQUE Real Estate Transaction that had 3 wild surprises to work through/overcome :)

The Lions - Federal Court System     
In late October we listed a Home, whose sale was SUBJECT TO COURT APPROVAL.  In 4 days, we had an accepted offer! The local attorney who represented our seller was wonderful to work with (small world - he went to the same law school as Jeff's brother and our oldest daughter).  He warned us that the time frame for getting full court approval was lengthy and once approved NO TERMS AND CONDITIONS could be changed on the sellers side without going back into court. So all inspections, appraisals, amendments or addendum's need to be worked through and in order.  7 weeks later we received acceptance from the court on the offer to purchase with specific ... more

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