We Have a Deal

I can’t believe I am about to type these words. But, here goes.

WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!

The last 24 hours have been a bit of a blur. What a ride it’s been. Actually, it started Saturday when we got a call from our agent that the “second looker” intended to write an offer. Our agent asked us to stay close to our rolling home. With that, we did our best to stay calm while emails began to fly. There were questions about this that and the other about the house. We made several trips into “town” to pick up voice mail messages and respond. As the flurry began to die down in the early evening, we stopped in the campground office and inquired about fax capabilities. We explained the situation and they graciously offered us ready access to their fax machine. With a potential offer in the wings, we didn’t get much sleep Saturday night. With our house on the market just three days, we had a feeling the offer would be a good one.

Sunday morning started with an email from our agent requesting a detailed recap of our recent roof repairs. We compiled the information and sent it off with 10 pictures of our neat and tidy roof. Then we waited. 

Just before noon, we checked email for the thousandth time and at last saw the message we had been waiting for. We had an offer. And, it was a good one. This buyer wanted to buy our house for more than our asking price. Significantly more. And, it would be a cash transaction. Cash! We could not believe our eyes!

Our agent was hosting our first open house in the early afternoon, so we had to wait until that wrapped up to review the contract with her. (The open house was a huge success, with about 100 lookers and rave reviews.) We went through the contract page by page and crafted our counter-offer. (We were fine with the price, of course. There were just a few other little things.) It was well past closing time when we made it back to the campground office. But, the managers gracefully offered to stay and facilitate the receiving and sending of a bunch of legal papers. With the deal now back in the prospective buyer’s hands, we got less sleep Sunday night than the night before. 

We didn’t have to wait long to get the word this morning. The campground manager delivered a one-page fax containing a addendum of one tiny detail to the contract. With that, we drove back to town to call our agent. Our counter had been verbally accepted! We drove back to the campground and faxed the signed and dated addendum. The buyer and her agent met at 1PM to get her signatures. With that, the deal was done. We have a contract!

We close July 7th.

We can’t wait to tell this campfire story: In the crappiest real estate market in decades, we sold our house in four days for significantly more than our asking price to a cash buyer. Three weeks later, we hit the road.

Our fingers are crossed that it turns out that way.