It was just yesterday we were all anxiously awaiting those Magical Words from our Lender we all look forward too and love to hear...You Are Clear to Close!
What an incredibly long day yesterday was, for that final piece of information required by the underwriter just was not coming through. Our closing had been set for 2:00p which unfortunately passed us by and the remaining few hours quickly ticked on. Then we were down to mere minutes and at 4:30p there it finally was....we were Clear to Close! We all knew that if we did not close by Christmas Day there could be no more extensions, so for us the pressure was really on. We had come such a long way over the past 10 weeks and our Title Co. would close at noon Christmas Eve!
My client Marti had found me on Activerain and even though a number of co-workers tried to refer her to someone they knew, we had quickly made a great connection and she decided to stay and work with me, what a great compliment.
As we all began our journey together it seemed to be a pretty simple and straight forward transaction. As the Buyer's agent however, I quickly realized that this was just not to be, but then also could see how fortunate we all really were. I had the simple good luck to be working with a Seller's agent Marlene, who was kind and considerate and we quickly clicked in how we kept each other informed and up to date as we tenuously moved through this long a difficult process.
It's taken us over 10 weeks to get to this close from the date of our offer, 2 Lenders, numerous obstacles with getting the Condo Association Approved, 2 Appraisals, Private Mortgage Insurance hurdles and the list could easily go on.
It has been such a very long haul for both my Buyer and the Seller and I so wanted to be able to give them the small gift of peace for their Christmas, in that we had finally reached our common goal then be able to breath that small sigh' of relief and say...whew...we did it.
And last evening we found we had our "Ace in the Hole" Jenny, at First American Title. This young lady went above and beyond for us, even staying late last evening to make sure everything was ready for us to close first thing this morning....on Christmas Eve. Everything here went smooth as could be for us and what a true gift this turned out to be.
As I look back at what we all experienced I realized that if we had not had the good fortune to be able to come together and help each other get over each one of these hurdles this certainly would not have turned out to be a very Merry Christmas for anyone.
Now, here I sit typing my little "Christmas Miracle Blog" and realize how fortunate we all really are.... for it's Christmas time and the small daily blessings that normally may go unnoticed during stressful and difficult times make us realize just how truly blessed we all are.
Now, I just have to say....WHEW.....WE DID IT!!!!
and,
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!
What an incredibly long day yesterday was, for that final piece of information required by the underwriter just was not coming through. Our closing had been set for 2:00p which unfortunately passed us by and the remaining few hours quickly ticked on. Then we were down to mere minutes and at 4:30p there it finally was....we were Clear to Close! We all knew that if we did not close by Christmas Day there could be no more extensions, so for us the pressure was really on. We had come such a long way over the past 10 weeks and our Title Co. would close at noon Christmas Eve!
My client Marti had found me on Activerain and even though a number of co-workers tried to refer her to someone they knew, we had quickly made a great connection and she decided to stay and work with me, what a great compliment.
As we all began our journey together it seemed to be a pretty simple and straight forward transaction. As the Buyer's agent however, I quickly realized that this was just not to be, but then also could see how fortunate we all really were. I had the simple good luck to be working with a Seller's agent Marlene, who was kind and considerate and we quickly clicked in how we kept each other informed and up to date as we tenuously moved through this long a difficult process.
It's taken us over 10 weeks to get to this close from the date of our offer, 2 Lenders, numerous obstacles with getting the Condo Association Approved, 2 Appraisals, Private Mortgage Insurance hurdles and the list could easily go on.
It has been such a very long haul for both my Buyer and the Seller and I so wanted to be able to give them the small gift of peace for their Christmas, in that we had finally reached our common goal then be able to breath that small sigh' of relief and say...whew...we did it.
And last evening we found we had our "Ace in the Hole" Jenny, at First American Title. This young lady went above and beyond for us, even staying late last evening to make sure everything was ready for us to close first thing this morning....on Christmas Eve. Everything here went smooth as could be for us and what a true gift this turned out to be.
As I look back at what we all experienced I realized that if we had not had the good fortune to be able to come together and help each other get over each one of these hurdles this certainly would not have turned out to be a very Merry Christmas for anyone.
Now, here I sit typing my little "Christmas Miracle Blog" and realize how fortunate we all really are.... for it's Christmas time and the small daily blessings that normally may go unnoticed during stressful and difficult times make us realize just how truly blessed we all are.
Now, I just have to say....WHEW.....WE DID IT!!!!
and,
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!
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