04/05/2024
Sometimes I deal with clients that need a new start in life and moving is a part of that process.
This time, the house itself needed a fresh start. You all know this house. You all know this corner. The infamous jog at Cherry and Gore. Some of you know bits and pieces of the history of this house, how it was run into by vehicles over the years, and how it fell into disrepair and sat for years as an empty, overgrown eyesore.
I was told it would never sell. 2 other brokerages had tried before. It had bad Feng Shui, too much traffic, not enough yard, I heard it all. One lady even called me up just to tell me it should be TORN DOWN! Too bad for Karen, I did sell it. TWICE! 1st buyer walked so we sold it again.
Now, after years of neglect and worry from neighbors concerned about the neighborhood eyesore, this house is better than ever and now has a new family that calls it home.
Thanks to Megan Peck and Chetty at Comprehensive Closing Services, who did an incredible job of resolving a couple sticky issues for us to get us to the closing table, when other local closing agencies didn't want to get involved.
People think it's easy to sell a house. Let me tell you how easy it really is. I worked on this listing for a long time. Even back before it was repaired, I was meeting with the seller, going through the gutted house, taking before pictures, making suggestions, and working out how much the house might be worth, depending which upgrades were made.
I priced out boulders and bollards for a potential barrier from the road. I got in contact with multiple agencies from both the city and Millcreek. I found the multiple right of ways and setbacks from the roads for both municipalities, found the applicable zoning laws for a fence or barrier, dealt with two rounds of inspections and FHA appraisals, coordinated with the seller and the furnace contractor to fix any inspection issues, hosted a handful of open houses and a bunch of showings, made a custom video tour, got drone shots of the exterior, added virtual staging, coordinated with lenders to provide good options for buyers, made sure the house would be FHA/VA compliant so all buyers could consider it, coordinated with buyers agents to answer questions and get them the info they needed, and occasionally shoveled the driveway.
And after the first inspection and appraisal, I got permission from the first buyer to share the inspection and appraisal reports with prospective buyers, which alleviated a lot of concerns people had. Kinda clever, right?
TL;DR - Since I started in 2016, if I listed a property, I sold that property. Every. Damn. Time. (so far 🤞)
