My goodness has it been busy with
real estate negotiations! I met with
pre-qualified buyers who
previewed a home on a Friday, asked me to complete a
comparative market analysis (CMA) that night, and then
put in an offer that afternoon. By the end of the day Saturday, the
buyers and sellers had agreed to a
purchase and sale contract. Hours of paperwork later (on my day "off), everything was ready for signatures.
5 original copies of the contract are required, 1 for the buyer, 1 for the seller, 1 for each agent, and 1 for the title company. Next it was a matter of scheduling a
home inspection which occurred the following Sunday. Once we receive all of the results of the
well water test, radon air test, & home inspectors report, we will potentially begin negotiations about those items.
In the meantime, I also received a last minute
request for showing for one of my
listings (see the gorgeous photo of this property above). Although I was on a day off (ha ha on me), I made the showing happen, with a great result. Within a couple of days, we had
negotiated successfully for very close to the
asking price for a 3 month
Lease to Own contract. Details for this contract were completed late on a Sunday evening with the
lease beginning the following day!!! Lots of paperwork later, many signatures, too, and this deal is on its way to completion.
As if that weren't enough negotiations for 10 days, I had a
tentative offer on another listing. However, the potential buyers weren't quite ready to take the full leap to making an offer as they need to
put their own home up for sale. Consequently, the sellers (who are under a
contingency contract to buy another home) had to ask for
an extension of their purchase and sale contract. With hours to go before the contract expired, the people they want to buy from agreed to a one month extension. A
Broker's Open House, where
real estate agents tour a home in order to tell their clients about it, was quickly added to my schedule. We're keeping our fingers crossed that a contract will come out of that.
And there's been even more activity! New
buyers have contacted me about helping them find their "
grown-up house", and will also need to sell their current home. We are setting up an appointment for me to deliver my
strategic marketing plan for selling their home and for me to explain how I help buyers
find the perfect home.
All of these fabulous developments have been preceded by an even more exciting event,
going to closing with my
first time home buyers. After we completed a
walk through of their new home (where I took photos of them on the porch), we headed off the meet with the
title company, the
mortgage loan officer, and the seller's agent to complete the purchase of their new home. An hour and dozens of signatures later and I was able to
hand them the keys to their first home. I am not sure who was more excited, them or me. I wish them the very best of luck and decades of happiness in their home.
If you or someone you know is interested in buying or selling a home, let me know. I would be happy to answer any of their questions and guide them to the best real estate agent for them.
Have a great few weeks. I am headed off for a short vacation!
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