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June 4th, 2007 at 03:14 am

It's been a busy weekend - I can't remember the last time I wrote two offers in one weekend (if ever!). Yesterday I showed a house for a colleague who was out of town. The buyers seemed to really love it - so much that we went back 3 hours later to see it again and write the offer. They had been looking on and off for 4 years and they said this was the first one they really considered. It was a cream puff offer - cash, no contingencies, only a few thousand below the asking price. However, the sellers counteroffered, and the buyers refused as they CHANGED THEIR MIND in three hours time. What's worse is that they decided to stay in their current home and not look anymore. As bad as it was for me wasting an entire day, I feel even worse for my colleague who has spent several years showing houses to these folks. It's a tough business when you can work your behind off and never see a dime from it. So it goes.
I showed another house this afternoon to a couple in our bowling league. They had been looking for a few months but not found anything. They liked this one and we wrote up the offer tonight. Again, it's a decent offer, if not a touch low. We'll see how it goes. We should know by tomorrow afternoon.
Even if it doesn't go through, it's encouraging to be so busy lately.
Today we went to a fundraiser for the daughter of a friend of my SIL, someone we had met a few times. The daughter is about 4 and is battling cancer for the second time. Heartbreaking. As a parent, I cannot even allow my thoughts to imagine what that must be like. Anyway, we met my MIL and SILs there today. It was at an Irish bar and had some really wonderful Irish bands playing (my DH's family is VERY Irish! I'm a Mc- by marriage). We dropped about $50 for admission (donation), hot dogs, and drinks - an amount which normally would make me shudder, but thinking what that family must be going through, I consider it money well spent. The little girl's name is Fiona - keep her in your prayers.
I mentioned a while back that I had asked for bathroom fixtures on Freecycle and received an offer of a sink and shower in great shape. I've tried to contact the offerer three times since mid-May to make arrangements with no response. Methinks I'm getting the blow-off. Guess it's time to hit the stores again to get some prices.
Back to work tomorrow - where did the weekend go???

3 Responses to “House stuff”

  1. homebody Says:
    1180965051

    What was wrong with the sellers?? How very frustrating. We will probably take the first offer on OD's house if it is reasonable. If it doesn't sell, DH is thinking we should keep it, who knows. I wish it would hurry and sell because I resigned myself to it, even though I think it would be a perfect retirement home for us.

  2. boomeyers Says:
    1180973402

    Geeze, tough break Jodi! I work on the office admin side of real estate, so I sure see it all! The market has been so crazy - everywhere!! Low ball offers are the norm and those sellers are going to regret turning down that offer! But then I guess those sellers would have found something else to back out over anyway - inspection or something!
    Good luck on the tub and shower, sorry to hear the freecycle did'nt work!

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    1180993920

    I had read it as the buyers changed their mind! I was feeling bad for the seller. It can be crazy on all sides.

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