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The keys to your new home are a little wet... Sorry!

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Real Estate Agent with Pine Knoll Shores Realty NCRE# 242843

The keys to your new home are a little wet... Sorry!


I had an out of town closing yesterday.  The sellers are out of state, the buyer and his attorney... 3 hours away.  Considering that we were all in different areas, the closing went really, really smooth (thank goodness for technology and a great team of professionals).


The buyer is spending the weekend on the Crystal Coast, and when he called me this morning to arrange a time to get the keys to his new property, I was washing cars in the church parking lot to raise money for the new youth program at our church.  He was thrilled, and said, "I'll drive right over and pick up the keys, my car really needs to be washed anyway".  


So, while the children did their best to make his SUV sparkle, he enjoyed a glass of lemonade from the lemonade stand, and I was able to finish up the transaction by handing over his keys.  He didn't even mind that the ink on the key chain was running from being dropped in a puddle of sudsy water!


What a wonderful day I had, acting like a kid again, and closing out another transaction at the same time!  I am so fortunate to have clients that see the joy in it as well.

Hope you all had a wonderful day! 


"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes".

-Dr. Who-



Comments(54)

Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

The keys will dry . . . but the clients' happiness in their new home--and you--will never fade! :D

Nice work and nice post, Amy!

Jun 03, 2012 12:42 AM
Bill Jones
Discovery Real Estate Ltd. - "Homes By Jones" - Airdrie, AB
Realtor (403-701-1739) Airdrie & Calgary Area Homes and Condos
Lovely Storey, nice to have clients that understand that we have real lives as well and are willing to work with us. Bill
Jun 03, 2012 12:58 AM
Susan Neal
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Amy - Sounds like even without the client coming by and the closing it would have been a great day, but that just made it even better.  What a happy day!

Jun 03, 2012 01:11 AM
Clint Mckie
Desert Sun Home, commercial Inspections - Carlsbad, NM
Desert Sun Home, Comm. Inspection 1-575-706-5586

Hello Amy,

Nice to have to "HAND OVER THE KEYS" to the client's new home. Wet or not.

I wish we could do this everyday.

Best, Clint Mckie

Jun 03, 2012 01:36 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

That's such a neat story! A feel good ending to what must have been a nice transaction. Good job.

Jun 03, 2012 02:12 AM
Sandy Acevedo
951-290-8588 - Chino Hills, CA
RE/MAX Masters, Inland Empire Homes for Sale

Hi Amy, great story and it shows that great agents attract great clients. That was nice of him, too!

Jun 03, 2012 02:16 AM
Robert L. Brown
www.mrbrownsellsgr.com - Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic

Looks like this was a win-win situation. Congratulations on a job well done.

Jun 03, 2012 03:49 AM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

Multi-tasking and MAKING PEOPLE DREAMS come TRUE!  I hope you washed LOTS of cars and got lots of WET KEYS for new home buyers!

Jun 03, 2012 04:06 AM
Bud & Beth McKinney
RE/MAX UNITED - Cary, NC
Cary/Raleigh/Apex NC - The Team That Cares, RE/MAX United

Sounds like a really great client - very positive, eager and happy. Very nice. I love the story!

Jun 03, 2012 04:31 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Who says you can't mix buiness with pleasure??  A great combination of the two and best wishes to the new homeowner/clean car owner! ;-)

Jun 03, 2012 04:44 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Amy- it is so refreshing to hear a "feel good" Real Estate story.  Isn't it nice to have a buyer who will come over to you to pick up the keys and take part in the car wash.  Love this story. 

Jun 03, 2012 07:20 AM
Wayne Jackson
Lakeshore Realty 208-714-4109 - Hayden, ID
North Idaho Realtor, Serving Coeur dnullAlene and Hayden Lake

Thanks Amy, It's good to get this type of post sometimes along with all the heavy stuff. Saving this as one of my favoeite quotes.

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes".

-Dr. Who-

Jun 03, 2012 07:32 AM
Melissa Zavala
Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA
Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

Congrats on your closing. Sounds like (considering the distances involved) that it went great!

Jun 03, 2012 08:15 AM
Eric Michael
Remerica Integrity, Realtors®, Northville, MI - Livonia, MI
Metro Detroit Real Estate Professional 734.564.1519

Amy, technology + professionalism = pure awesomeness. Glad you got it done. And you got your car washed in the mean time. Brilliant!

Jun 03, 2012 10:09 AM
Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

Great story and sounds like your client was a good spirit about the whole thing.  Now I need to find a car wash for my dirty ride.

Jun 03, 2012 11:11 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Closed transactions and clean cars..  life doesn't get any better than that!  

Jun 03, 2012 11:24 AM
Michelle Gibson
Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL
REALTOR

Amy - Congrats on your closing and it sounds like you had a great day.

Jun 03, 2012 01:01 PM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource
Amy, wow...you seem to have attracted a few scammer/spammers and of course I reported them. I'm sure your client didn't mind the wet keys! So, are you a Dr Who fan? I noticed the quote...I have the complete Dr Who series on VHS. (The most popular actor that played Dr Who)...pulling a blank right now.
Jun 03, 2012 01:27 PM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

Amy: I love this story! If I were your buyer, I would be thrilled to be able to take part of your mission work with the youth. Congratulations on the closing! Blessings to you and your sweet family!

Jun 03, 2012 01:45 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Amy - I love this.  It's important to be a little bit of a kid sometimes.  It just makes life brighter.

Jun 03, 2012 02:44 PM