Well, first of all, I'm not sure it was completely buyer's remorse. I believe the true problem is that what the husband wants, and what the wife wants, are two very different things, and what the wife wants is about $300,000 out of their price range!
I've been showing this couple homes for about 3 months, found 2 homes that met the criteria that they sent me originally, 3 bed / 2 bath, payments, and even in the right neighborhoods. They wrote an offer on one of them and then before the seller even had time to accept, 22 hours later, they backed out. (Even after buyer's remorse pills - May need something stronger!)
At this point they completely change their criteria of what they are looking for in a home. I'm told them that to get that, they would have to spend $1500 more a month than they want to! Well, I found it! I even negotiated that, with a large enough earnest money/option fee, they could keep the payments where my clients wanted for two years. My clients again wrote an offer. Then during the counter offers, decided that they changed their minds yet again, and wanted to pull the offer.
At this point, I advised them that I couldn't be spinning my wheels, and that twice I have found them the homes that they described and liked enough for them to write offers. I even did the impossible and found them a home $300,000 out of their price range with payments they wanted. I said I would love to continue helping you, but I'm going to have to charge you a transaction fee from now on. I can't keep doing this, as it is wasting my time and energy repeating the same steps, and I can't work for free.
They said they would think about it, but I'm guessing I've dropped a client today. But, sometimes for your own sanity you just have too!
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