Sometimes a client calls and everything comes together like clockwork: Inspections, Staging, Photography, Advertising, Tours, Open Houses,Sale, and Closing.
And then there are the "lifetime" listings.
This little house in Mountain View was not a long time on the market...in fact, it sold for full price after a week on the MLS and closed escrow in a month. The challenge was getting it there.
I first met the elderly woman and her adult children more than 18 months ago. Her house and garage were packed full of items that had been collected over a lifetime, plus the "collectibles" from her husband, who loved flea markets. Her daughter and son in law both worked long hours, and the months that followed were spent arranging a move for their mother to a comfortable retirement home, legal paperwork for the trust, and most difficult of all, sorting through a household full of papers, boxes, old furniture, and junk. When the house was finally empty, we were able to arrange inspections, termite work, repairs, landscaping, painting, carpeting, and mini-staging. The house looked great when I brought in the photographer, and a busy open house attracted a buyer whose agent was able to time the close so that his client could benefit from both tax incentives.
We closed a smooth escrow on Thursday, nearly 19 months after our first meeting in September 2008.
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