What could be better than a closing where you have happy sellers, happy buyers and happy realtors?!
I got a call a couple of months ago from a realtor just outside of Nashville, telling me that she had clients who wanted to look at horse properties here in Jamestown, because they planned to come up on weekends to ride the wonderful trails in Big South Fork National Park. "I could come with them," she said, " but I can't help them once we get there because I don't know anything about the area." She handed them off to me and I spent the day showing them various horse properties.
They made an offer right away on one of my listings, through her, and we spent the last two months getting to closing. The buyer came yesterday for her walkthrough and it went very well indeed. She had had the cabarn cleaned beforehand so that, when she arrived with a truckload of furniture and furnishings, it would be ready to move in to.
My husband had gone over earlier in the morning to turn up the heat and make sure that all was in readiness for her arrival. This sale is a co-broke with the Nashville realtor, with a "referral fee" to me from her half of the commission so, although this is not actually not my client, I have gotten to know her over the past couple of months and have promised to show her some trails, once she and her husband have settled in and start coming with their horses.
I always give my buyer clients a housewarming gift of some sort but it is on a case-by-case basis...and I wanted to give Kathy and Scott one. This book is one of my favorites because I can inscribe the flyleaf and because it is so perfectly tailored to the occasion.
For information about Big South Fork real estate or horse properties in Jamestown, Tennessee, go to www.trailridersrealestate.com
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