Closing at the Hospital - An Emond Team Client Story

At closings, us REALTORS are usually just there to smile, tell jokes, and answer questions.

 

At the closing with Dusty and Maggie, I got to do a whole lot more!

With another child on the way and a move from Georgia, Dusty and Maggie were looking for that family home close to Rapid City with a yard.  We found a home with plenty of bedrooms and space in a Black Hawk neighborhood.

Part of the financing required signatures from Dusty’s father who was still on the east coast.  Easy stuff with our digital signature system!

With closing just a few days away, I got the word Maggie was in labor.

Fortunately, the Title Company was gracious enough to come to the hospital.  We had a closing in the delivery recovery room.

While Dusty and Maggie signed, I got my baby fix in holding the newborn (after 4 kids, I didn’t want any more…but holding a new one is always amazing!).  I even sent pictures to my wife so she’d get jealous!

That was one of my favorite closings.  So many great memories!

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Buyers Become Sellers And Move On - An Emond Team Client Story

5 years ago, Greg and Heather were referred to me by a mutual military friend.

There was a little culture shock as we began looking for homes.  After being in South Carolina with their large entryways, smooth walls, and white trim, our textured walls and popcorn ceilings weren’t what they were hoping for.  We even talked with a builder about no texture on the walls.  The estimate back from the mud guys was a considerable sum…

It took some time to get used to homes in our area, but they did find a home with a 3 car garage they loved.

Here they began their family with a baby girl and kitten!

Duty would call again, however, sending Greg south.

They took great care of their home.  The pictures and videos looked so great!  But they endured more unexpected twists and turns than most sellers should.

First, there was the slow market showings in their neighborhood.

Next, we received a sight unseen offer with a home viewing contingency – meaning they could back out if they weren’t satisfied with the house after viewing it.

Sure enough, when the buyers came up 2 weeks later, they decided the home wasn’t for them.

Buyer 1 – gone.

The next offer came in a week later.  That weekend I got the call….they buyer had suddenly lost her job.

Buyer 2 – busted.

You’d think 3^rd time is the charm, right?  Yeah, us too.

3^rd offer in and accepted.  Another call that weekend.  The buyer’s husband had committed suicide.

WHAT?  Crazy?  I’ve ever had such weird, un-avoidable experiences with a seller before – all in the space of a month.

Buyer 3 – sadly gone.

The 4^th offer did finally get closed.  Even after a sideways blowing snowstorm and 3 feet of snow in the driveway a few days before close.

Through it all, Greg and Heather were calm, understanding, and maybe more sympathetic than they needed to be.  We were even a bit scared what might happen to the 4^th buyer after everything that happened!

We’ll miss them around.  Always fun to talk to and watch their family grow.

Life is unexpected.  Curve balls get thrown at you.  You can’t control everything.

But patience and perseverance will always win the day. 

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Buying A Home Should Be Fun - An Emond Team Client Story

Buying A Home Should Be Fun
An Emond Team Client Story

“Yellow Car!”

I glanced sideways from driving to the next home I was showing Alex and Brittani to see what that was all about.

Alex, in the back seat, swore under his breath.  In the next moment, blurted out “Yellow car!”

“OK.” I said. “What’s going on?”

It was their car game.  You get into the car, the game begins.  Whoever sees and calls the most yellow cars before getting out of the car wins.  School buses, construction vehicles, and other commercial vehicles excluded, of course.

I loved that they felt comfortable enough around me that they could keep playing their game – even in my car showing homes.

Didn’t take long before I was hooked and calling out yellow car as well.  My inexperience did not help me win any of the bouts, however.  I like to think I added to the competition.  😊

We had FUN looking at homes.

The home they fell in love with even had a secret room behind a bookcase in the basement behind the bar.  We were cracking up about that the whole time.

It was such a great transaction.  They were on top of whatever the lender needed, realistic on what they were buying, and so appreciative of everything.

At closing, I presented them with a yellow matchbox car in memory of the fun we had driving around.

Real Estate is never boring.  Some of the unique homes, designs, decorations (and collections, of course) are hilarious!

You just have to lighten up and enjoy the process.

Having fun is part of who we are at The Emond Team.  A friend of mine described it right:
“If you ain’t having fun, you ain’t doin’ it right!”

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