The Hard Good Buy (Bye)
I’ve been putting the ‘real’ into Realtor since 2004. And in that time I’ve had 2 buyers pass during the transaction. And I had an agent call me tonight that had one of her buyers pass today. It’s tough to take, both of mine shook me up. After all, nobody expects the person you’re working with to die.
The first time a man and his daughter signed all the documents to buy and were under contract. They left to go back to their home state to pack. He (dad) said he wanted to be in Colorado when he passed. Long story short he never made it back. His daughter completed the contract and moved to Colorado. She moved into the house and knew her father would be happy about it. He was there in spirit in both our minds.
The second man and his son were looking for vacant land. I spent four or five hours with them looking at several properties. I stood with dad while the son would explore each parcel on foot. After the first 3 properties dad stayed in the car while the son and I explored. Dad saw all the properties we planned on seeing that day. He picked out the property he wanted and told me he and his son would call the next day. The call came but it wasn’t the call I was expecting. The dad passed that night. He also wanted to pass in Colorado and he did.
Selling real estate isn’t all happy and about new babies and new jobs. Sometimes it’s about granting last wishes.
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