Don called and scheduled an appointment with us for last night. We had a total of three offers on the house. The first lady that looked at the house onThursday of last week and two of the people that had appointments to see it on Saturday. The house has been on the market for less than a week and we have multiple offers. We're so excited… That's wonderful news.
We considered each of the offers Don presented to us and after some discussion we decided to counter one of the offers. The lady that looked at it first last Thursday was a cash buyer and wanted a quick closing. As part of her offer, knowing that we still had a lot of "stuff" to get rid of before we moved, also stated we could stay in the house two weeks after closing. We liked the idea of a cash buyer and a quick closing which also means a lot less paperwork and hoops to jump through. After a little discussion we decided to make a counter offer. We asked to stay in the house for one month after closing which would give us a little more time to get things together. The offer was for a little less than we had asked for but with the additional month in the house and no RV lot rent we would come very close to what we hoped to get out of it. (If you remember in one of my earlier posts, due to the economic situation in Florida, homes are worth a lot more than they're selling for right now and I believe it's going to be several years before home values get even close to what they should be. What we were hoping to get isn't what the house is worth. The closer we get to what we had hoped means less we have to go to the table with.) Don called her to make the counter offer and she agreed without any hesitation. She loves this house and was ecstatic that we had accepted her offer.
We signed the contract last night so now the fun begins. We have six weeks to sell everything and be ready to move out. We just added much more motivation to get things going. We've got to get to work so I'll update our progress in a few days.
Until next time...
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