"Deal me in"
Background Info-I had purchased this house only one year and five months prior for six rubles. The real-estate market has been stagnant at best in the Rochester area since. All I could hope for was the money back. We were going to list the house for 10 rubles, in hopes of getting back the 6 six rubles after negotiations. A sudden urge of adventure enabled us to list it at 13 rubles instead.
9AM-The phone rings - Peter. Tom Schnorr here. I have some news for you. We have an offer in. I'm not sure how much it is yet. I just spoke with the buyer's agent and she wants to present the offer. This is usually done either in person or by teleconference. I suggested teleconference. I want to discuss with you our strategy, if you have a couple of minutes…
Dreams of pillow fights, interior egg tosses, and Beejing doing his business everywhere and anywhere he wishes prances through my head.
2:16PM-phone conference - The voice of an elder experienced realtor named Judy drones on for five minutes discussing the terms of the offer …Peter. These are first time buyers, and you would not have to work with a contingency of them selling their house before purchasing yours…they are prepared to offer…(pause) "4 rubles", a very good offer. What do you think about that?
The offer was low, but remembering my predisposition response, I grunt slightly to acknowledge the offer, but neither accept nor decline.
She continued to drone onward, Now Peter, I understand that this is a very good offer. And mind you, we have knowledge of how much you paid for the house originally. A counter-offer may not interest these people and may scare them away…
I was thinking how pleasant she sounded, glanced out the window, and grunted again. Tom interjected, Judy, Peter and I had decided that we were going to listen to the offer and discuss in private afterwards what we will be doing. I want to thank you for taking the time out for calling and we'll get back to you shortly.| next |
