"I Wanted to Buy That Home"
Every year, we are given the privilege of representing and marketing a handfull of exceptional properties in our Madeline Island and Bayfield, Wisconsin real estate marketplace. And each year, when these properties sell, we invariably hear from at least one or two folks who call us up after the sale closes and they wistfully lament, "I wanted to buy that home" or "I was going to buy that home".
This statement always moves me to ask, "Why didn't you purchase it then?" And the list of excuses comes forth from these would-be buyers in a torrent. We hear replies like:
"I was waiting for the price to go down a bit more."
"I didn't think it would sell that quickly."
"We heard a rumor that a family member was going to get the house."
Some of the more disgruntled would-be buyers have told us that they had been watching "the house that got away" for quite a few years, hoping it would reach the market.
Yet these dreamers watch and wait, hoping and lurking, dreaming and scheming. But when their dream home finally becomes available, they do nothing.
What a pity. And it still leaves me wondering why this happens so frequently.
To paraphrase the lyrics written by Ira Gershwin from the 1954 film "A Star is Born" (my apologies, Ira):
"The night is bitter,
The stars have lost their glitter,
The winds grow colder
And suddenly you're older,
And all because of the house that got away."
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