By Living Room Realty, November 30, 2018
It was love at first sight. During a particularly pleasant open house in the sweetest bungalow in Laurelhurst, I had the pleasure of greeting two exceptionally good souls, Sara & Jeff Snow. Little did I know how many cat bitmojis we would be receiving from this beautiful couple for the next month (and probably for the rest of our lives since they’re our friends now). Here are a few of my favorites:
I even had to make one myself:
Ok, getting back to the story. This tastefully remodeled home was specifically meant for none other than these two lovebirds and thus began our journey to make it theirs. It began when they allowed Kristin and I to treat them to an excellent cup of coffee at the fabulous Barista on NE Alberta St. Kristin & I were blown away with how extremely organized and focused they both were. At our consult they had already met with a lender, got their pre-approval letter, and narrowed their home choices down to 2 properties. It typically takes the average home buyer anywhere from 3-6 months to start and finish the process of buying a home; the Snows were able achieve this in under 8 weeks!
When it came time to submit their offer, we consulted with them on the compelling terms that would help them get into contract and inevitably lead to them closing on their new home. They set themselves miles apart from their competition by completing all the right steps in the correct sequence.
In lighting speed fashion, we had inspections scheduled in 2 days! After our trusted inspector picked apart the home with items that needed additional attention, we pow wowed with Jeff & Sara and took down notes of their priorities to continue with the sale. Then we were off to work calling up contractors to gather bids for repairs so the Snows were armed with as much ammunition as possible before making their repair requests to the sellers.
Once all the bids came in, it was our favorite time: time to negotiate and fight for our clients. We were able as a team to get the sellers to do $12,000 worth of repairs & a $8,000 credit. We knew the Snows were pleased because the cat bitmojis continued to pour in. We decided to do a mid week celebration over steezy cocktails at Paydirt Bar, minutes away from their new home sweet home.
Cat bitmojis, successful negotiations, and smiles on our friends’ faces when they finally get the keys to their new home sweet home; it’s times like these that make us love what we do.
Cheers to the Snows!
