By Living Room Realty, August 5, 2020
It’s early August, and definitely summer. When a previous client sent me a referral for a couple of his friends, I was excited and enthusiastic to meet them and see their house. They live in the South Beaverton neighborhood, and their house is an early 80’s ranch that had been renovated in 2016. It was their first purchase, and now they’re looking to sell and make a move closer to their work on the eastside of Portland. Pandemic style, we met on Zoom first to talk about their goals, and to get more information on the house. We started off going over the selling process, outlining realistic timelines and action steps to get their house ready for market. I visited them a week later in person and we dialed in specifics and questions.
We worked great together as a team, and we were able to do weekly checkups to make sure that everything was progressing as expected. They made the decision to list the week after the fourth of July. We set out ground rules and best practices as it relates to Covid, and sequenced all the showings so there was very little overlap for buyers seeing the home. We ended up having over 35 showings in less than 48 hours. We set the offer deadline for a Friday evening, and landed with 12 offers on the house. I set up a spreadsheet for the sellers with all the pertinent details of each offer so they could see them side by side. In the end, they selected an amazing offer that far exceeded their expectations. The buyers agent has been amazing, and her buyers are super excited to be closing this week.
I couldn’t be more happy with how things turned out for my sellers, and I’m looking forward to helping them with their purchase in this highly competitive environment of the late summer and fall.
