Putting (Too) Good a Face on Things? It’s a fact of (real estate) life: sales fall through. Buyers change their minds. Inspection issues come up. Buyers can’t get financing* (the honest explanation at least 80% of the time). When any of those (or other) unhappy events occur, listing agents have the demoralizing task of switching...Read More
Putting (Too) Good a Face on Things? It’s a fact of (real estate) life: sales fall through. Buyers change their minds. Inspection issues come up. Buyers can’t get financing* (the honest explanation at least 80% of the time). When any of those (or other) unhappy events occur, listing agents have the demoralizing task of switching...Read More
Cleaning Up After a Broken Deal If you’re seriously shopping for a home, you’ve undoubtedly seen one of these properties online. And if you’ve been selling real estate long enough, you’ve almost certainly had it happen to you: What exactly? A not-quite “done deal” . . . that came undone. Background First, a little background:...Read More
Picking Up the Pieces After a Fall-Through Fools rush in where angels fears to tread.–Alexander Pope “Sale Fell Through!” “Back on the Market!” Great house! You don’t have to spend much time on MLS these days to see evidence of busted deals. So what exactly is going on? Do any of these deals represent opportunities...Read More
