Money for Nothing

A note that came from our realtor about the showing Wednesday morning. The deal was pretty much in the bag by then (we cancelled subsequent ones), but they came through and their realtor left the following feedback.

David & Liane,

Spoke with the Agent who showed your house Wed. am.  He said the house was Flawless!  He was Very impressed.  Figured it would sell fast.  He said it was at his buyers top of her list “BUT” she still has a house to sell.   Couldn’t really do anything just yet. 

Just thought you’d like to know. 

I guess it really is worth going through all the contortions to "create an illusion." I'll never fully understand the psychology of buyers -- it really is the same house, just polished up a bit. Presentation seems to matter. It can give you that last little edge you need.

Of course, at this point I am really feeling we may have left some money on the table...  Which, again, is sort of dumb psychology. First, there is no way to really know. Maybe if we'd asked $1000 more they would have walked, and maybe nobody else would have made an offer for a while. The agent told us it's harder to be in a strong negotiating position once your house has been on the market a few weeks, so you usually end up taking less. Makes sense on some level, but...there's always that little, cynical part of me wondering whether it's all just tactics to get the deal done so the realtor can move on to the next one. 


I know. I should just be happy/content it's done. I am. Let's move on. Inspection is next week, and assuming that goes well there are just a couple of other minor details before the closing on the 20th.