The sellers told me about the problem when I put the home up for sale. I thought about it for a few minutes and proposed a solution. Here’s what I told them: “Let’s sell the house and agree to hold $8,000 in escrow. If the special assessment goes through within a year, the buyers get that $8,000. If it does not go through within a year, the $8,000 goes to you.” We all agreed that that sounded like a good idea. The home sold very fast for 98.3% of the asking price. $8,000 was put into escrow, and an attorney typed up the escrow agreement. It turned out that the sellers were correct. The opposition in the neighborhood was strong and the special assessment never went through. A year later, the sellers received the $8,000 that had been put into escrow. This story gives you a great example of some of the problems a good agent solves on a day-to-day basis. I don’t think my idea was particularly revolutionary, but it did solve the problem. Honestly, I am sometimes surprised at how little effort other people put into selling a home. Case Study #11: Home was for sale for 5 months with another Realtor. The seller hired me, and I sold it in 71 days for 99.6% of the asking price. Case Study #12: Home was for sale for 11 months with another Realtor. The seller hired me, and I sold it in 4 months for 97.5% of the asking price.
Case Study #13: Mike & Melinda Monaghan’s Home was for sale
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