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(Realtor) Stories, We don't need no stinkin' stories.....
Karen and I got a call last week from home owner who found our website and wanted to talk to us about selling their home.  It's in a nice area, had been on the market 3-years ago and they're ready to move to a warmer climate.  I'm thinking: "Cool, a motivated seller who's been in their house for a couple of decades, this is a good thing".
We met with them.  Talked about our marketing, talked about the market, talked about the mortgage balance they have....oops "Danger Will Robinson" "Those numbers do not compute".... my initial thoughts on price put it in the $215,000 range.  They had been listed previously around $250,000 but now I am seeing that to get to ZERO, they need $238,500 as a sale price.  The only place that's likely to happen is in their dreams!
So we talk about bringing money to the closing.  That was a very short discussion.  You see, they were 'hoping that someone would come along who would  so love their house, that they would buy it' (This despite the fact that they would easily be $25,000 over the market).  They went on to say that if they could not, they would just 'give ... more

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