Lisa Von Domek is hosting the February Contest...Love Is In The Air. The challenge is about choosing a transaction that made me feel good. Picking just one transaction is not so easy, but here it is. It was a home that I was listing for a family who had bought and sold with me over many years. This time it was a parent's home and one that was in disrepair. With the owner well in her nineties...the entire family decided to do an " AS IS " sale. The condition was not even appropriate for interior photos. When the property was mentioned to my professional photographer, he wanted … (22 comments)
Recently had a wonderful transaction with a listing and buyer on the same home. Within five weeks the home was listed, sold and closed.
How exciting that this home had everything this lucky family wanted.. the perfect location, four bedrooms on the first floor, big eat in kitchen with adjacent laundry, lower level ready to finish, a big level backyard and needing enough updating to be in their price range. The owner, in her late nineties, had some deferred maintenance that needed to be dealt with...so we listed it "AS … (16 comments)
Most of the time my transactions are wonderful experiences. Buyers get their beautiful new home. Sellers get to move to a better home, children get their own room, a move for a job promotion, retiring to paradise or moving for year round vacation weather. In real estate we are just making dreams come true.
Not every closing we go to is a happy one. Sometimes sellers come to the table due to a financial disaster, other times an illness or job loss. Some settlements are bittersweet. This was a situation a few years ago. The buyers were getting a large terrific home, at a price they … (21 comments)
It was a rainy, chilly, breezy day for our home inspection yesterday. When we were ready to leave, I took the Too Late rider from my car and told the buyer's agent, Jackie Ovad , I was going to place it on the post sign.
Since it was raining, I didn't think Jackie or the happy buyer would want to help place the rider.
However the buyer said:
It's Worth Getting Wet For This
TOO LATE Sign!
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happy buyers: I Love A Smooth Settlement...Even if the Transaction Has some Bumps
- 09/28/10 10:52 PM
I Love A Smooth Settlement...Even if the Transaction Has some Bumps. There are times when there are challenges during the buying and selling transaction. When there is a buyer who needs to purchase, a seller who needs to sell and two professional REALTORS who work together to get the deal closed, the result is a smooth settlement. There are others that need to be working just as hard like the buyers, the sellers, the lender and the title company. This is what a smooth settlement looks like. By the way, Daddy was busy signing all those papers while we were posing! Did you … (12 comments)
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