Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This Could Be a Great Day!

I woke up this morning and realized it wasn't a dream.  It is REALITY.

Last week, we showed our house to a realtor with clients in a foreign country.  Ival, who I have to admit is one of the best salesmen I've ever met (and his boss should be grateful to have him) took the agent through the house, pointing out all the features while she took pictures to send to her client. 

Yesterday, we showed the house 3 times.  The last couple was here for over an hour, taking pictures inside and out (although it was dark outside).  Again, even though it's taboo, Ival was here to greet them and start their tour and point out some things they probably wouldn't have paid attention to had he not been here. 

When they came, I decided to run and get some pizzas to cook once they left.  Usually a showing takes about 15 minutes.  It was dark when I got home so I parked across the street from the house waiting for them to leave.  Thirty minutes later, I was still "creeping" as Adam calls it.  Every once in a while I'd drive around the block, down the street, thinking they'd be gone by the time I got back.  Finally, I saw them outside.  Taking more pictures.  Then, back in the house.  Holy crap they've now been here for an hour and I'm hungry!  I called our realtor to tell him I was creeping and ask what it meant if the lookers have been here for an hour and are taking pictures of the outside of the house in the dark. 

"That's just one step down from having a U-Haul parked out front."

I should tell you too, that earlier that afternoon I had the following conversation with our realtor:

"Are you ready for some good news?"

"OK"

"We're getting an offer on your house!"

"YOU'RE SHITTING ME!"
(I swear, it just blurted out - that's so me.  I have absolutely no couth.)

As it turns out, the couple from the foreign country loved the house.

So, back to my creeping.  I finally see their realtor drive away and the couple get into their car so I pull into the driveway and lug the pizzas into the house.  There, standing in the dining room is the nice young man who has been there for over an hour.  Oh shit.  He's chatting with Ival.

So, to make a long story short, our realtor called later that night, close to 10 and said that he had been on the phone with the kid's realtor for almost an hour.  He is pretty sure that they too will be making an offer on the house today.  It seems they were very fond of Ival.  I wonder if they think he's included in the sale?  Hmmmm. I'm sure we could work something out.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?????  I told Ival that I'm staying home today, doing nothing except my cross stitch with the fireplace on, waiting for the realtor to call.  This is going to be a good day.  I can still hardly believe it and still a little afraid to get too excited, but holy heck - the possibility of 2 offers in 1 day? 

Ival already said he's hoping the nice couple from last night buy our house.  They really loved it.  So, I wait for the phone to ring...

14 comments:

Kev said...

A bidding war! I'll be rooting for y'all today...ring, RING already!

Jodi said...

Thanks Kev! I probably shouldn't have written anything about it, you know how that can jinx things. But, I was so excited! We'll see what happens.

kate said...

That's what I was thinking: BIDDING WAR!!

Oh my god, this is so exciting!!! You'd better post on FB (or text or call) the MINUTE you hear!

kate said...

Also? I'm pretty sure your realtor knows you well enough to not bat an eye at "You're shitting me"! ;)

Dee said...

After all the open houses and disappointing showings, this is so great, I'm sure Tyler would expect nothing less from you---its a pretty sure indication of pure joy and excitement.

Hot damn, this is so great !

Sheri said...

well........?

Jodi said...

Well, the realtor came over at 7 tonight with both offers. The one from Thialand had a lot of weird stuff that we didn't want to take a chance on and decided not to mess with it for now. They young couple was real close to what we wanted so we countered and gave them until 3pm tomorrow to accept or counter back. If that doesn't work then we'll mess with Thialand before the cutoff at 5. So, hopefully we'll know by 3 tomorrow. I'm tired!

Jodi said...

And, the bidding war doesn't really work during times like these. Houses aren't appraising for what they used to so you can't ask for more than what it will appraise for. Sigh. Actually, if they accept this offer we'll be pretty happy with what we walk away with.

jaci said...

I am so freaking excited for you!! I hope they accept the counter!

Sheri said...

Good luck! May be time to start building that dream house.....

Anonyvox said...

Eeek! I have my fingers crossed for you guys. Throw in Ival if you have to; you can write some sort of visitation agreement into the final paperwork.

Jodi said...

Well, we're adjusting the final offer. If this one isn't acceptable (which their realtor thinks it will be) then we're walking away. We have another showing on Saturday.

Kev said...

This is like watching the Broncos in the 4th quarter down 4 with the ball at the 40....I'm really pullin' for y'all!!! Confidence is HIGH.

Jodi said...

What an analagy Kev! But, it all worked out and we sold the house tonight. WOOHOO!