Since July 4th real estate for me has been somewhat of a whirlwind. Here's a summation of the whirlwind.....
On Saturday, July 4th, I wrote a contract for a sweet 65 year old lady. She wanted to buy this mini farm in Crawley, WV, that I have listed. I informed her that there would be a lot of maintenance for this property, and may be too much for her to handle. But, she said the Lord would be helping her. The contract was contingent on her selling her South Carolina property.
BTW, like most sweet old ladies....she will talk your ear off..and she did....It took three hours to write this contract......
Well, needless to say, I was really concerned about this contract, and her living by herself out in the country, and trying to maintain the property.
Sunday - My sweet little lady called Sunday evening and said that her son called and "raked her over the coals" for writing a contract for property that she would never be able to maintain. Halleluiah, someone got through to her.
Since the sellers had not signed the contract, I said "not to worry we will tear up the contract and she would get her deposit returned." I am SO GLAD her son talked to her and she got her senses back...so to speak.
My next step was to find a SC Realtor and give s/he a referral. So, of course, I login to Active Rain. I found Maria and Jim Hart. I've talked to both of them and they seem really nice and I know they will try and get a good price for my sweet little lady's property.
Monday morning after talking with the sellers, on the above property, they decide to take the property off the market. In the eight months it has been on the market, the property was shown six times, and only one contract (by my sweert little lady) which was never seen by the sellers. The sellers are planning to move to South Carolina in four years. They hope property values will rise in the next four years....but who has a crystal ball !!!
Monday afternoon, I got a contract on another listing. The buyers are approved by a local bank, and it is a great contract. So this week is starting off better than I thought for a Monday morning.
Tuesday morning, I was at the doctor's office and received a call from a lady interested in one of my listings. I asked if I could call her back and got her name and phone number. She asked what time would I be calling back and I said sometime late in the evening. Later that evening, I checked my messages and the lady had called and said "thanks for calling me back, I will find another Realtor tomorrow to help me." Well, needless to say, I called her back and got her answer machine. I politely said, "Mary, I received your voice mail, and apologize for not calling you back until now. I was at the doctor's office, and had some other tests to be done today. I understand if you wish to call another Realtor to assist you in a real estate transaction. I wish you the best of luck."
Within a minute I get a call from her saying "It seems we both have had a bad day, may I call you tomorrow to discuss my real estate needs." "Of course, I said...we will talk tomorrow."
This has been the beginning of my week...somewhat of a whirwind for me. It seems to be calming down..... for now......
NOTE: this was to me a whirlwind, especially since I am recovering from congestive heart failure and just getting back into the game.
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