As of today I have a brand new and novel excuse for why we were late to the closing. Here is what happened...
My seller is old, in poor condition, on oxygen. Her spouse isn't familiar with the city and didn't think he could find the title company. I told her No Problem, I'll just come get you. Easy!
The house is about 8 miles from my office, on the other side of downtown. I was about a mile away from their house when the call came in. It was from a family member. "Judith," she said, "you are going to have to come into the neighborhood the back way, the SWAT team has blocked off the street the other way". SWAT Team? SWAT Team? Oh Golly.....
So, I went the back way and sure enough, my listing was at the extreme western end of about 3 solid blocks filled pretty much completely with police cars. I went into the house, collected my client, put her and her oxygen tank into the car, and off we went to the closing. We were late. Walking into the title company and casually explaining that we would have been on time but we had to work our way around the SWAT team members.....well...you just would have to have been there to fully appreciate the humor of the situation.
And, before you ask, I have to tell you that I have no idea why all those police were there. It isn't in the news. I have family living pretty much at the epicenter of where all those taxpayer assets were parked. I phoned to see if they had any idea of what had happened and they didn't know either.
I will tell you that it has been a very, very strange week!
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