Yes or No?One No Closer To A Yes!

We've got to thank one of our sellers for the title of this post!  Last night we provided an email update and added that we hadn't heard back from Saturday's showing agent.

Now some sellers might be a bit irritated at the lack of response from the buyer's agent, but our seller totally "gets it"!  Her response?

"We are one "no" closer to a "yes".

And doesn't that capture the essence of trying to sell a home? 

In our perfect world, we list a home, launch it priced right with full marketing and there's a race to the door to be the first to present a full price (or better) offer!  And while we've on rare occasions sold a home to the first buyer through the door, more likely the process is going to involve rejection of the home.

We do everything we can to provide full information on our listings to minimize the "no" responses, but there's STILL going to be a lot of "no" before we get to the one YES!!! that we need.  Maybe it's the floor plan, maybe the home is just a LITTLE too far out in the country, maybe it's the neighborhood overall, there's a host of reasons why a home might not be THE ONE for that particular buyer.

So one NO at a time we advance towards that YES that we need!  It might be tomorrow, it might be next week, it might be next month, maybe even longer, but we KNOW that YES will come if we continue to partner with the sellers to market the home.

So that showing yesterday that didn't work out?  Just one more NO closer to YES!

Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs,
Liz and Bill aka BLiz

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Evelyn, She is a joy to work with.  We're pleased they chose us to help them :)

Joy, You're welcome!  As soon as I saw the email last night it was a hit with me!
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Bliz, 

Love your client's attitude (and contribution of a post title.)  It's a tough process.  Keeping that in mind and having perspective will go a long way for ALL involved:-)

All the best, Michelle
5:32pm • #40
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One no closer to a yes. That's actually a great line in this market. There are so many homes that get multiple offers these days!
5:39pm • #41
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Great post, it is all just a numbers game, at some point the "no"s" will produce a "yes".  We should all be so lucky to have such an enlightened seller!
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Bill...

That is one savvy seller that you have there. Sounds like a great client to have.
7:21pm • #43
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thanks for sharing this BLiz, A positive attitude is important, hopefully you can pass this saying and attitude on to  all of your clients
7:57pm • #44
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Michelle, Isn't it a matter of keeping the big picture in focus that makes it easier? :)

Eric, It's pretty fitting!  We can count on one hand the number of times it's been the first showing or two that has brought the buyer.

Kathy, We consider ourselves fortunate indeed.

Richard, Most definitely!

Bob, It's added to our list of phrases now :)
8:59pm • #45
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BLiz - This isn't true just for our sellers.  It's also true for us with our prospective clients.
10:20pm • #46
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I am going to incorporate that line in my conversations with clients. It is refreshing.
1:12am • #47
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Christine, The philosophy can certainly be applied in quite a few places in our lives.

Cheryl, It certainly is!
3:25am • #48
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I do like that expression. It is a zen to think that there are so many no answers in the universe before one can find or achieve the yes. Love it.
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Valerie, It's a calming way to look at things that are often out of our direct control.
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I bet it just made you want to reach out and (((HUG))) them! 
5:37am • #51
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Joni, The best I could do at the time was send back a quick email saying "I LOVE this!".
5:49am • #52
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Great way to look at it!!  It's almost like looking for something that's lost, you always find it in the last place you looked ;-)  It's always the last buyer to see the place that buys it, more or less.
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Carla, There's definitely some similarity in concept.
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That's the type of seller we like working with - understanding from the start that their home is not going to be liked by everyone, and concentrating their thoughts on the one "Yes".  Even the most gorgeous of all homes can only be sold to one "Yes".  Loved the title.
7:13am • #55
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Ellie, So true.  Only one person gets to buy the home, our challenge is to find them and get them across the threshold :)
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What a great attitude for everyone to have!
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Joy, She said Joel Osteen was the source of her quote.
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