Nov 28 2007
Second Chance Show
There’s a sad little house, newly on the market. I previously listed and sold it, and now it’s been foreclosed. I hated to see that, the family that bought the house loved it and had such hopes for their future in it. I guess it happens, and I hope they’re OK.
The little house is listed for sale as-is, with no disclosures because the bank that now owns it knows nothing of it’s condition or past.
But I know. I learned that house inside and out. I loved that little house and worked to help it have a good family. I see the pictures of it online now, empty and discarded. That is not how it should look.
I got a call from someone about one of my listings last night and he mentioned that house as well. He wondered if I could find him more information on it, too. I told him I could do even more. I could send him a Real Estate Show of how that house was supposed to look. I told him about the changes made to the house within the last few years, the quality of the work and the attention to detail. It’s a little house, but it was treated BIG.
And then I sent him the Show, so he could almost walk through that house as it could be again. There’s the kitchen, clean and bright. The yard on a sunny day looking ready for play. Extra pictures show details of the leaded front door, the pantry and the tall cabinets. This is a sweet little house looking it’s best.
We’ll go look at the house, and maybe he’ll want it and maybe he won’t. But I think my Real Estate Show will give it a good chance. Even though it’s not my listing, I want that little house to have a good family again.
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The scenario gave me a tear in my eye and a little lump in my throat. The fallout from the crazy market. We will all be touched, or bruised by something similar in the months or maybe years to come, for awhile.