Today I had the privilege of participating in the happy ending of another Coeur d'Alene short sale success story with an $8000 bonus. It was a good day!
I have been on a journey with my wonderful first time homebuyers David and Rebecca since Memorial Day weekend. They fell in love with one of the first homes we looked at, but unfortunately it was a short sale. That meant months of waiting with an uncertain outcome, which just didn't work for them. They needed a home ASAP! We put in an offer on that short sale, but kept looking while we waited. Which, by the way, is acceptable practice in Idaho. Nothing else measured up for the price, and frustration mounted.
After a couple months, and dozens of houses, I took them back to their short sale, to see if it still held the same appeal. As soon as we walked in, you could see it written all over their faces. This was their house! She loved it! He loved it! Still, after all this time and so many houses.
No other house of all that we looked at had made both their faces light up like this one.
Yet they didn't have time to wait. And wait. And wait... They had an accelerated schedule for closing to obtain the $8000 tax credit for their October 15th tax filing due date!
We looked some more, did some soul searching and made some hard decisions. I explained that although there were no guarantees they would get the house at the price they offered, in time for their deadline, there were good reasons why I believed the odds were very good. I encouraged them to hang in. In the end they decided that they would wait it out for their house. Unless you have been through this process of buying or selling a short sale, it's hard to understand just how emotionally traumatic it is.
Today, their determination and patience paid off. They have the best home of all we looked at, at the best price, with all the features they wanted, in their favorite neighborhood! I am so happy for their little family to finally be able to settle in to start the next chapter of their lives. May they live happily ever after!
This is the best part of my job!
Janna Rankin Scharf provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit Janna.ServingNorthIdaho.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.
No matter how grand or modest your real estate dreams may be, you can turn to me in confidence. Give me a call today and let me know what I can do to be of service to you!
Janna Rankin Scharf AB, GRI, CSP, CNS, CLHMS 208.651.9700
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Janna, I am so happy for you and your clients as we are sitting in Escrow since May with my first time buyers and we are just getting so worried and dissapointed. So hurrah for you and your buyers.