This post is an update to this story. I got an offer on my house yesterday afternoon. My agent and I sent
in a counteroffer later that evening. We received a response basically
accepting the counteroffer early this afternoon. I'm hopeful that this
sale will go through smoothly. My old agent and I almost had the house
sold last May but the buyer balked at the condition of the furnace. He
wouldn't entertain the notion of letting me have it fixed / dealt with.
It was rather strange. We made a conjecture that the buyer got cold
feet and used the furnace as the excuse to get out of the contract. It's
a big deal when you purchase any item with a comma in the price and then add a
couple zeroes. I understood, but was rightfully disappointed for a while.
The furnace has been replaced since with a completely new one, so that
shouldn't be an issue this time.
I've been very pleased with my second agent. I switched my listing to her back in November. My previous agent was the same one that I had used to purchase the house. She was great to work with on the buying side. Unfortunately, there wasn't much of a marketing plan in place on the selling side. I think that is part of the reason why the house was sitting on the market for a year and a half. None of the potential buyers saw the house unless they were one of those who scoured every single listing on MLS (like I did when looking). So I had to part ways with her. She understood and wished me well. My new agent put my house on the 24 hour real estate channel. Every agent that wants to can put a 15 second slideshow with an overly energetic voiceover announcer on one of the local access cable channels in Omaha. My listing was also advertised on a ton of real estate websites. I'm convinced that is what caused the number of showings to increase dramatically. More traffic through the house leads to a higher chance of the house being sold.
When I told the news last night to my parents, they were of course happy for me. Not soon after I had relayed the events to them my mom brought up that this could allow me to change apartments. I agreed. My lease runs out at the end of March. I have my actuarial exam to study for through April. May will be used to find a new place, so I would be out of my current place by the end of June. That would be perfect. I would only have to go month-to-month for three months. Then I could get out of this disappointing apartment complex.
I've been very pleased with my second agent. I switched my listing to her back in November. My previous agent was the same one that I had used to purchase the house. She was great to work with on the buying side. Unfortunately, there wasn't much of a marketing plan in place on the selling side. I think that is part of the reason why the house was sitting on the market for a year and a half. None of the potential buyers saw the house unless they were one of those who scoured every single listing on MLS (like I did when looking). So I had to part ways with her. She understood and wished me well. My new agent put my house on the 24 hour real estate channel. Every agent that wants to can put a 15 second slideshow with an overly energetic voiceover announcer on one of the local access cable channels in Omaha. My listing was also advertised on a ton of real estate websites. I'm convinced that is what caused the number of showings to increase dramatically. More traffic through the house leads to a higher chance of the house being sold.
When I told the news last night to my parents, they were of course happy for me. Not soon after I had relayed the events to them my mom brought up that this could allow me to change apartments. I agreed. My lease runs out at the end of March. I have my actuarial exam to study for through April. May will be used to find a new place, so I would be out of my current place by the end of June. That would be perfect. I would only have to go month-to-month for three months. Then I could get out of this disappointing apartment complex.
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