Congratulations! I have great news. Someone wants to buy your home!

Don't you just love to make that phone call to your clients?  My clients have been waiting three long years to get their home sold with no offers and I finally got to utter those words.  

As you can imagine, I have gotten pretty close with my clients over this time, and we can still laugh about how crazy this market has been.  He says if after all this time if we can't laugh, we might as well forget about it.

When I told him the good news "Someone wants to buy your home", he said "and they are offering $xxx,xxx" ($10,000 below asking price).  I said, "No lower, but it's better than the offer you had yesterday".  He laughed, but after discussing with his wife, they decided not to counter and waste anyone's time since they were too far apart.

Fortunately for me, the buyer's agent was well aware that the offer was way too low and advised her clients that this price just might be offensive. Not a way to start a negotiation, right?  Anyway when she called her clients, she advised them if they really wanted to purchase a home, they needed to work with their lender to determine their best and highest price.

After a day of crunching numbers, they came back with their highest and best offer.  Mind you it was still quite below what my clients were looking for.  I was able to contact my sellers with the new offer price and help them crunch their numbers to see that even though this was below where they wanted to be, they would make up the difference in the freed up cash flow from the cost of owning the home in about a year.  So in the long run and without knowing when or if another offer would come along, they decided to take the offer.

It's really helps when you have a good relationship with your clients and you can really talk about what could be in the best interest of everyone.

When you are ready to begin your home search in the Ocean City, MD area, feel free to call Sharon A. Curtiss, Associate Broker/Sales Manager with Hileman Real Estate, Inc. at c/p: 410-726-4260 or Office: 410-208-9200.

You can also visit my website at www.sharoncurtiss.com to view other Buyer and Seller reports. I will happy to provide you with a free list of foreclosure properties in the area.

 

Vacation Home for Sale
08/25/2012
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Sharon A. Curtiss | Hileman Real Estate, Inc. | (410) 726-4260 11415 Fox Run, Berlin, MD Unique Home Close to the Beaches 3BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $365, 000 Year Built 1996 Sq Footage 2, 240 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial… more
6 Ivy Ln, Ocean Pines, MD 21811
08/25/2012
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Sharon A. Curtiss | Hileman Real Estate, Inc. | (410) 726-4260 6 Ivy Ln., Ocean Pines, MD Beach home in Ocean Pines 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House offered at $265, 000 Year Built 2002 Sq Footage 2, 015 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors… more
Income Potential Property in Berlin, MD
08/25/2012
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Sharon A. Curtiss | Hileman Real Estate, Inc. | sharon@oc4shore. com | (410) 726-4260 106 Bryan Ave, Berlin, MD Income Potential Investment Property! Two apartments in Historic Berlin. 4BR/3BA Multi-Family, 2 units offered at $200, 000 Year… more
La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant in Ocean Pines, MD 21811
08/24/2012
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Last night I visited La Hacienda in the South Gate of Ocean Pines. Thursday evenings on the outside deck bar are pretty special when this time of year rolls around. You get to listen to the sounds of the Kaleb Brown Band playing reggae, feel the… more
I just love contract Re-Negotiators
08/20/2012
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Don't just love it when a buyer wants to re-negotiate after they are under contract? First off, I am working with a customer who purchased one of my bank owned listings this summer (Good News), and now he decided to by two more (Great News). He… more
Record Low Rates Difficult To Get With Tight Underwriting
08/18/2012
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Record Low Rates Difficult To Get With Tight Underwriting The average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage hit all-time record lows last month with rates being reported as low as 3. 49 percent, more than a full point below the 4. 55 percent… more
Women's Counci of REALTORS Leadership Academy
08/07/2012
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Just got back from the Women's Council of REALTORS Leadership Academy and had a wonderful time networking and learning with all the incoming Chapter President's. I have been to the Academy previously as the Coastal Delmarva Chapter Pres-Elect, the… more
Welcome to Ocean Pines, Maryland
08/01/2012
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Welcome to Ocean Pines, Maryland. According to the 2010 census, the population of our community was 11, 710 with 8, 870 housing units. Our association has a total area of 9. 4 square miles, of which, 6. 7 square miles of it is land and 2. 7 square… more
Home for Sale in Ocean Pines, close to Ocean City, Maryland
07/31/2012
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Sharon A. Curtiss | Hileman Real Estate, Inc. | (410) 726-4260 6 Ivy Ln., Ocean Pines, MD Beach home in Ocean Pines 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House offered at $265, 000 Year Built 2002 Sq Footage 2, 015 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors… more
 
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