When Shopping for a Home Be Sure to Bring Your Checkbook
Today, my business partner, Will Hamm and I took a client out to look for homes. She thought this would be the first day of many shopping for that perfect home. Boy was she wrong!
The first place we viewed was the one she wanted. We actually listen to our clients and try to match their criteria with the homes we show them. That’s what happened today. The place we showed her was exactly what she was looking for in exactly the price range she wanted.
She was a little overwhelmed by it all. She asked me what she should do. I told her we would drive back to our office and write an offer. She said “Already???” I said, you want it don’t you or would you rather someone beat us to the punch and buy it out from under you.
Then she said “I don’t have my checkbook with me”.
I was a little confused by this. She knew we were house hunting and she knew she would have to give an earnest money check with her offer, but she just didn’t think she would be moving so quick.
Luckily we have 3 days after Mutually Executed Contract to deliver the earnest money.
We prepared the full price offer without concessions and hope that it will go through. Once she saw it in writing, she got excited and can hardly wait for the seller’s response.
I guess Will and I need to start warning buyers to bring their checkbook when they go house hunting with us because we may just find the home they are looking for.
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