Surely, you don’t want to lose your mind. I know I don’t. But unfortunately, short sales are a big part of today’s real estate landscape. All you can do is be prepared and then hope for the best!
Just picture yourself in a small boat, out in the ocean, miles from land and no real means of communication. Then add an agitated partner in the boat with you. Also, that partner is looking to you to save them.
That’s what it’s like to be a Louisville Realtor® with a first-time home buyer in a short sale purchase situation. Our contract was accepted back in August. We’re scheduled to close Thursday.
Yes, that’s right… we’re talking 150+ days of waiting, changing, hoping, fixing, waiting some more, one closing rescheduled and here we are.
Will my client get a great deal? Yes.
Did I do everything humanly possible to help him? Yes.
Was it still an ordeal? Oh yeah.
Just so you know, it’s a wild ride. If you’re not an easy-going, go-with-the-flow kind of person, I’d say “steer clear of short sales.” There are better ways to lose your mind, trust me.