Finally, two long awaited closings today - along the way, both transactions consisted of many, many bumps in the road. Everybody felt such relief to finally be sitting at the closing tables. I don't think I ever remembered feeling so deserving of a pay-check either. Yet, what was more gratifying is seeing the smiles on everybody faces (even the attorneys had fun). Regardless, of issues we had prior to arriving at this day and the stressful moments - all the parties liked each other in the end. The closings were more than just amicable it was upbeat and everybody was joking and having fun. I've been to a lot of closings and for the most part my transactions are amicable, but I never saw so many people enjoying eachother's company. Although I was looking forward to getting paid, I wasn't looking forward to my marathon day. But, by golly - I had a ball!
At the second closing, the bank made a huge error and it took 3 hours at the closing table. The seller didn't get funded. As we worked on the problem with the bank, the bank attorney (who drove an hour and a half from Long Island) said "why is everybody being so nice about this?" he stated- "not in Long Island this would go so smoothly!"
And the locals replied in unison - "This is Upstate NY, for ya!
Since my clients had closed on their home-sale earlier in the day, they were homeless and having to contemplate an overnight stay at a hotel. Just then the seller handed over the keys and said "go ahead stay at the house tonight". His attorney shot him a look but respected his client's decision. The funny thing, unbeknownst to the sellers, my clients noticed two broken windows during the walk through but decided not to make waves (even after their attorney and I had advised that they were entitled to a credit). But, now I am not so sure the outcome would have been the same had we gone after a credit. What a great example of KARMA!
From Wikipedia:
A random act of kindness is a purportedly selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual or in some cases even an animal. There will generally be no reason other than to make people smile, or be happier. Either spontaneous or planned in advance, random acts of kindness are encouraged by various communities. An oft-cited example of a random act of kindness is, when paying the toll at a toll booth on a highway, to pay the toll for the vehicle behind you as well.
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