Spouses selling houses..
I logged onto AOL this morning and had 56 emails. Apparently I’ve been AWOL. You know, missing. MIA. How do you spell awol? What does it mean?
Anyway. Our house on Whittier is still for sale. We had an offer. Written. Then no offer. Then another offer. Then no. Then the first offer people want to come back for a 2nd showing. Okay. Offer. Nope, no offer. Then second offer people say they want to come back for a counter offer. There is no offer to counter. Or is there? I’m confused. Totally. So far we have one written offer, no realtor, and a 2nd showing for the first offer that cancelled. All of that between 3 and 8pm this evening.
Three more showings tonight. Our realtor is now on “vacation.” We have shown our home 22 times. Yes, 22 in one month. We’ve had a total of four offers. Two were really low and then the other two, well, you know that story. Our realtor who is on vacation has shown it 3 times. Something is wrong here. Not a mathematician but something is wrong.
Here are a few more why’s to add to the list: Why do people look at three bedroom houses when they want five? Why do people look at houses with no basements when they must have a basement? Why do realtors bring their children along with them when their clients have four children but we have a three bedroom house? Why doesn’t our tenant ever open his blinds? Why do people not ask about how close the train station is but want to know how far away NYC because they work there? Why do people talk in Spanish when they say something nasty but in English when it’s nice? David knows Spanish FYI. Why do people ask if our dog bites while they are petting her? Why do people open up our dishwasher and look inside? Why don’t people ask about closet space but open up dresser drawers? Why did I leave a dirty diaper in the middle of the bedroom floor during a showing? Why did David have to use the bathroom two minutes before a showing and proceed to stink up the entire upstairs of our home? That’s not exactly baking cookies folks. It’s just not. Why? Why? Why?
FYI from the one who is MIA: Selling a home is NOT fun.
Anyway. Our house on Whittier is still for sale. We had an offer. Written. Then no offer. Then another offer. Then no. Then the first offer people want to come back for a 2nd showing. Okay. Offer. Nope, no offer. Then second offer people say they want to come back for a counter offer. There is no offer to counter. Or is there? I’m confused. Totally. So far we have one written offer, no realtor, and a 2nd showing for the first offer that cancelled. All of that between 3 and 8pm this evening.
Three more showings tonight. Our realtor is now on “vacation.” We have shown our home 22 times. Yes, 22 in one month. We’ve had a total of four offers. Two were really low and then the other two, well, you know that story. Our realtor who is on vacation has shown it 3 times. Something is wrong here. Not a mathematician but something is wrong.
Here are a few more why’s to add to the list: Why do people look at three bedroom houses when they want five? Why do people look at houses with no basements when they must have a basement? Why do realtors bring their children along with them when their clients have four children but we have a three bedroom house? Why doesn’t our tenant ever open his blinds? Why do people not ask about how close the train station is but want to know how far away NYC because they work there? Why do people talk in Spanish when they say something nasty but in English when it’s nice? David knows Spanish FYI. Why do people ask if our dog bites while they are petting her? Why do people open up our dishwasher and look inside? Why don’t people ask about closet space but open up dresser drawers? Why did I leave a dirty diaper in the middle of the bedroom floor during a showing? Why did David have to use the bathroom two minutes before a showing and proceed to stink up the entire upstairs of our home? That’s not exactly baking cookies folks. It’s just not. Why? Why? Why?
FYI from the one who is MIA: Selling a home is NOT fun.
posted by Mike at 3:09 PM
2 Comments:
AWOL = absent with out leave
may you get a grand offer on the house .. what you are asking for ... a contract ... and a sale!!
whoo hoo!!
Thanks Raven! So far we think we have one offer but our realtor is MIA = Oy. We'll know for sure tomorrow - I think!
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