Sooooooo...

I had my first condo showing last Sunday! (the 8th) I donated blood, was sitting at home on the couch trying to recover (THANKFULLY it wasn't a need to sleep reaction this time) and got a call right about 2:30pm. A realtor wanted to show my place, as soon as possible. I almost was sad, to have to turn them down, but the next words were: at 4pm. That was one and a half hours. I'd said many times that I could have my place ready to show in an hour (outside of a holiday season). Well, here it was. I said yes, but it couldn't be much earlier than 4. The extra half hour I knew I was going to need. And sure enough, I managed to get the place pretty much perfect about 5 minutes before 4. There was one point where I started getting way too weak and breathing wrong, so I switched off to easier clean up for a bit while sitting down, hoping I would get well enough again to be able to vacuum. And I did. Yay! I was doing some finishing touches, trying to figure out what additionals I could do, when they actually showed up! I was so excited, I just flew out of my place then headed off to Dad's so I wouldn't be sitting in the parking lot waiting for them to leave!

I would not have been able to get my place looking so great if I hadn't done all that work for the showing that didn't happen. So there you go.

The addendum to this story is: they made an offer!!! SO WOW. I've been saying for however long that if I could JUST get people in to see my place I KNOW they would like it. See!?!

Unfortunately, the offer was really low. I countered, after spending TONS of time trying to figure out my options and crunching numbers on how low I can actually go. I heard today that the girl "wants a steal" and now is interested in one of the lower units in my condo complex, saying that will fit her needs. Apparently her realtor was not pleased with her decision, and mine thinks she might be back (if she can't get a low low price there either). My realtor had mentioned when she called to give me the initial offer that it seemed like the girl was "trying to get the best condo in the complex at the lowest price". So we shall see.

Really, I just need another showing ;)

Labels: Home Buying