I am watching the Olympics. I am specifically watching the practice and the falling...and the getting back up and doing it again! Bravery at it's best.
I am watching a specific listing on behalf of a buyer. I am watching the price rise and fall, and I know the owners are backing off on this home, and will eventually do it again. Rewriting a bad memory. This home is a short sale, and as I watch it I can only imagine the grief of the family currently on the deed. I know that they have painted, cleaned, and taken care of this home. Their pride of ownership shows!
How then can I imagine they will rewrite this memory. How will they give over this home and go forth and create another. Spirit. Hope. Survival. And those people who like to have a warm place to sleep! Perhaps they will be similar to the Olympic snowboarder that practices in the foam pieces, then moves up to the real thing--at first away from eyes, completely private. Then with someone there to video, and then for the points.
I wonder will they rent first? Or go the route of a USDA Direct loan? Will they go the direction of quietly waiting and then quietly purchasing again. Or, will they be what I hope to see--triumphant on the other side. That they have not only survived this time of stress, but arrived on the other side. With payments they can afford, and another place to call home.
Overcoming fear. Rewriting a bad memory. At times I cannot imagine such a thing for homeowners, and at other times I want to say 'you are one of many, and I know that does not matter to you'. I want to say ' it will be okay eventually, you can survive this and so much more'.
I want to say it's okay to fall, but get back up and practice--educate--and move forward. And, that at times our real estate experience feels much like I imagine the Olympics do--
Good night, and God bless---
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