24 Hours in Central Kentucky: List A House In Richmond Ky then...BAM! Multiple Offers and Accepted Contract!
That was yesterday. It actually first started by one of my closings disappearing because of financing problems. Not a good way to start a day. The seller was not happy. Actually, I wasn't happy either but I appeared to be calm. We are back to square one on this listing.
On to the next deal of my day.
My brand new, formerly FSBO, listing, a cute little house on a quiet street in Richmond,KY. I called it my "Jewel with a pool."
I had just popped it on the two MLS systems. MCBR and LBAR.
There is a competing listing 2 doors down the street. It's been on the market awhile. The task was to make our new listing standout.
The owner spent her time painting every wall and kitchen cabinets, cleaned everything, new shower curtain, took out all but some furniture to look lived in, flowers on the breakfast table, nice pictures on walls, pulled weeds, cleaned up landscape and yard, nice vanilla air freshener wall units. Plus numerous last minute details.
She turned on all the lights and wished for the best.
I had already scheduled 2 showings for the evening. By 5:15PM the first ones arrived. At 6PM another agent wanted to tour it with her client. They were out front of the house.
Hmmm, I pondered,"go ahead because the next showing isn't until 7:15PM."
Then I get a call from both agents that they are writing offers!!
I call the third agent that hasn't even made it to the house with her client. She was running late but I wanted her to be in the offer situation if she wanted to be.
I inform the seller and she is beyond ecstatic! I inform the agents this is a multiple offer situation. Both agents were aware that they were competing to write the best deal.
By around 9PM one of the offers was accepted. I was thrilled for my seller who will get the money she wanted for her house and can close in a couple of weeks.
In a nutshell, it's all about a good price, cleaning everything and staging. Put your best foot forward when you start and everything will fall in place for you.
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Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.
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Lizette! That is AWESOME!!!! Nice work...for you and your seller!
Lizette--Congrats!! Sometimes with hard work things just fall into place! It couldn't have happened to a nicer agent! :)
Lizette, kudos and congrats! I am thrilled things fell into place for you! ;-)
Clint, Teri and Carolyn - It really felt good to see something positive again in our market. People always hear about the forclosures. Its nice that there are still good deals, people want to buy and things aren't so bad.
Very nice indeed, sweetie. I am so with you on that one, Lizette.
In a nutshell, I'll bet it's nice when a seller actually follows your staging advice and works hard at.
Quick, multiple offers make it even better.
Congratulations! I know it's well deserved.
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Thanks Erby! Good to see you are alive! I bet you have been busy fishing? We need some more of your funny stories.
I've been blessed with a surfeit of work the last few months. Just haven't had the time to keep up the blog. BUT, I'm still alive and staying busy. Saw the reference to here in your e-mail newsletter. Couldn't resist reading it, even though I should be writing my reports.
Have a great day and hope to see you sometime soon!
Congratulations! Kudos to you and the home owner for pricing the house correctly and home staging! It's a winning combination.
Would you mind posting this blog in Staging Successes?
Erby, It's good to hear you are alive and well. I miss reading your funny stories. Hope you get out and enjoy some of this early fall weather.
Janice - Thanks for the invite! I'll pop over there and post it. Staging is a good thing!
Congratulations on such a quick sale, Lizette! Awesome job. Do you have any interior photos?
Tanya - The funny thing is that the owner was staging it so I could take the inside shots the next day . Now that closing was going to be in 2 weeks I didn't shoot any. Everything looks good for closing on the 29th.