Attitude Adjustment --- what is a “little” sale?
Dear Diary,
I’m getting requests to buy and list condos for less than $200,000, many of which are short sales. These sales add up. And as long as I’m busy, I have busi-ness!
Each sale, no matter how big or small, is a joy.
I have to have an attitude adjustment about the length of time it takes to close escrow on short sales of properties valued at less than $200,000.
In our neck of the woods in the Bay area, prices are a lot higher than what they are elsewhere. I need to remember that these “little” sales are not so little elsewhere, like where I used to live in Tallahassee and Orlando FL.
In 2001, we sold our home in Palma Vista, a gated golf community in Orlando FL. That home had 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3-car garage 3000 sq ft, screened in swimming pool, really high ceilings (18 ft high) on a half acre lot.
We moved to San Francisco CA, and were dismayed that for what we sold our Orlando home for, all we can afford in San Francisco was a 600 sq ft 1 bedroom/1 bath unit in a three-bedroom building without parking space!
In time, after settling in Alameda CA, I got used to the prices, and managed to list and sell higher-priced properties, including a 10-unit building.
Today, no matter the size of the sale -- big or small ----the goal is to give good service --- before, during and after the sale --- and then hope that clients will remember and that they will refer me to their associates. That’s the ultimate objective: Referrals!
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