Just like a watched pot doesn't boil, I cannot "will" my phone to ring. It is a tense morning in the office this morning as four agents and four clients wait to hear whether or not they will get to close today. The first transaction in the chain has been broken and it is holding the other three at it's mercy.
We expect that these things will happen. After all, Murphy's Law applies on the last Friday of any month. We have four buyers/sellers that have moved out of their homes and are effectively homeless. They cannot get the keys to their new home and all of their belongings are packed away in a truck. They took the day off from work. Friends and family are waiting to help. The pets and kids are restless. The clock is ticking away and it is a domino effect.
I have drawn the line at 1:00. If the first one has not closed by then, we need to be able to act on plan B. Whether that be to line up a place for people to stay, a rent back for a seller, an interim occupancy for a buyer...all with a next best case scenario of when they can expect to sit at the table and get the keys to their new home.
But a watched phone never rings. So keeping busy here and putting the phone away for an hour. I think that I will go to lunch now as I advised my clients to do the same. It is just another day in the life of a REALTOR at the end of any given month. To be continued...
Keep smiling!
Karen
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