A couple of weeks ago, I had an adorable listing fly off the shelf. After the first Open House, we had two offers - both of them excellent. One had a lenders letter from a financial institution that gives me the hives. The other was from a local mortgage broker who has been doing a fabulous job for years. Other than that, they were pretty identical. The sellers took the second offer.
Then, on Tuesday morning I got that call from the really great lender that you never want to get. There was a last minute glitch with the financing - a huge item that showed up on the buyer's credit and couldn't be resolved. Oh, and this was after it went to underwriting.
Rats!
I immediately pulled out the file and made a phone call to the agent whose buyers lost out the first time. By accident, I got his buyer, who when I introduced myself, got really, really happy. When he explained that I called the wrong number but that I had made his day! We both laughed and then I called his agent and made his day, too!
So the old offer is released and the new offer is being initialed as I write this. We settle about 11 days later - all made possible because this time the new buyers are using the old buyers' lender.
We were lucky. Really lucky.
I might have made the day for the buyers and their agents, but I gotta say, they made the day for me, and especially for my sellers!
Hi Pat...That gave you the opportunity to do your stuff. Quick thinking paid off for all of you.
Kate
Goodness talk about luck...yours was working overtime on this one. Congrats for keeping it going.
Hey Pat,
Sometimes the good guys win one too. Congrats!
Rich
Way to go Pat! And how funny is that about calling the wrong number... pretty good stuff! Good luck with this.
Pat
I had that happen a bit ago; it's amazing the adrenaline we get when we kick it in high gear .
Wow! How lucky is that? It was just meant to be. Congratulations to you all!
Sincerely,
Kathleen
Patricia,
I am glad for you, and that it had a quick resolution. Sometimes things work, don't they. Would have been great if it was more often than not, but you can't make us always happy anyway
I'm thinking luck had nothing to do with the fact that the new buyer is using the old lender.
Way to think.
Wow, Pat...don't you just love it when everything falls into place like this? What an awesome story...congratulations!!! :)
Leilani
Pat, Perhaps it was no "accident" you got the buyer himself! I can imagine how thrilled everyone was that day. Congratulations on a wonderful job :)
Congratualations Pat for a job well done. That was great that they had not decided on another house yet.
Pat,
It is good to see that the new buyers had not moved on and found another home and that they were willing to change lenders. Congratulations
It is so nice when a bad situation turns out so well. Congratulation.
Patricia - Don't you just love when a plan comes together. If you are on a "HOT STREAK" keep working every lead and phone call you get. It sounds as if you have some more majic left right now
Pat: In this market, you never know what is going to happen. Glad this one worked out for you. Having buyers waiting in the wings is a must these days.
at --- am so pleased that the first buyers were still there --- as I was reading, I was wondering about that and thank goodness, they were still there.Good for you.
Mama Liz
Pat, Your sellers are lucky to have a realtor that really stays on top of the deal. If not, the other offer wouldn't have been able to step in so quickly. Great job.
Way to go Patricia! Congratulations and good for you on your quick thinking. Love it when it works out that way.
Pat,
That is in the category of a major bummer. I bet the seller's felt worse.
Pat - I love it when stuff like this happens! Kudos for getting a deal back on track.
Hi Pat... You have some incredible real estate karma going for you!
What a wonderful story, Pat! Sharing the good news helps all of us. Thanks! Here's hoping that your winning streak is a long one!
That was really lucky the 2nd buyers were still available. Good job!
Whew! That is so awesome that you were able to pull it together with the "first buyer"! Congrats to both you AND your sellers!
Everybody wins when a house sells. Really. I used to think it's about me AGAINST you. How wrong was that mentality.
I love happy endings and looks as if you had a jolly one.
Sounds like ... you win lose a few, lose win a few.
I just love happy endings!
Patricia, I could not agree more. may I say that on the mortgage brokers side, I can certainly identify. I am glad that it all worked out. :-)