By Living Room Realty, December 28, 2020
Like everyone else these days we have been receiving a lot of spam calls or telemarketers and never know who is calling us from outside area codes. But this one rainy day a couple months ago we picked up the unknown number and were greeted by such a friendly warm voice on the other end. We were so thrilled that we were connected with Lori and Jack through our good friends to help them move closer to be with their family. This has definitely been a year where most of us have learned to value our family and friends a bit more than usual. They were in the process of selling their stunning home and were needing to get settled in when the right home presented itself. Thankfully they had a good set up where they had a comfortable amount of time to see what all was available. By November we hit the lowest months of inventory in RMLS record: 1 month. So it was definitely slim pickings for Jack and Lori. We had to change a few things so that their pool of homes increased.
While we were away, Jack and Lori sent us a message to say that their daughter had found the home and they wanted to tour it. When we called the listing agent we found out that there was an offer in on the property that they were going to respond to the next day early afternoon. We knew we had to move quickly if Jack and Lori like the home. It turns out that they loved it and wanted to make it theirs. We held off the agent as long as possible while we all crafted their offer and terms so that we could slaughter the completion and take home the prize. After a little digging we brought Lori and Jack everything we had found out about the property and what we could gauge the other offer was at. Lori and Jack went for it and we were able to deliver the good news that their offer was accepted.
Inspections were quickly set up and we all went to work gathering bids on the bigger ticket items that presented themselves. Soon we were able to present bids to Lori and Jack for them to make their decision on how much they thought would be fair to ask from the sellers. Throughout this process Jason and I have been blown away at the integrity and fairness that Jack and Lori live by. They knew they wanted to be fair and also knew that they needed certain apparent issues to be dealt with. We deliberated and came up with a substantial yet fair credit amount that we supported to the sellers to show that the amount Lori and Jack requested was fair. The seller saw the logic and accepted their request.
We also received very good news from their lender that there had been an Apprasial waiver for this property and we could cruise on to the finish line! AND we could do so right before Christmas. It was such a joy to see how excited all the kids were for Jack and Lori. They have such a special family. On key day all the kids surprised Lori and Jack with champagne. A perfect house warming gift.
We are so excited for you Lori and Jack and we can’t wait to see the sparkle you bring to your community and new home. Cheers to you both!
