Have you ever had a listing that made you sad?
There is a certain “corner house” that my wife and I pass by every day on our way to our own home. It’s on the main street to our own house so we pass this “corner house” every time we run into town, head to work, go out with the kids, etc.
Over the years we watched the owners slowly build up the home. Paint, landscaping, unknown interior work, a nice stone wall and more. These things didn’t happen all at once but slowly, over time. We never got the impression that the owners took a huge second mortgage and suddenly turned their home into a mansion. Rather, it seemed that as they saved up some money, they gradually improved their home and turned it into their own dream home. We’ve never met the owners but the “corner house” has become a favorite of ours over the years as we’ve watched it transform from a regular subdivisions tract home into a unique and beautiful home.
We never thought much of the home beyond that until our phone range one day. It seems that the home is on the market. The owners are losing their home and a long-time client of ours has made an offer to buy in order to rent the home out.
If his offer works out, we will have the “corner house” as one of our rental listings. While we do appreciate the business and know that the home will be a great addition to our portfolio, it somehow also makes us sad. Even though we’ve never met them, it’s too bad that the owners of the “corner house” are losing their home after having put so much of their hearts into it.
Yes, business is business. But we are all people and these are more than just structures that we work with. These are homes that people put their dreams into. We almost don’t want the sale to work out just so that we won’t be adding the “corner house” to our portfolio.
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