Beernik
Well-Known Member
People look at what realtors do and think, “I can do that and save some money.” But really, can they? And do it on a schedule with hard deadlines?
My current abode (condo) I was renting when my landlady wanted to sell it 2 years ago. It was a pain in the ass, but I negotiated out two contracts and pushed the deal through. One contract was a settlement with the other owner of the building for past HOA dues. The other contract was the sale. I was a government employee for a dozen years. I’m anal retentive about paperwork and deadlines. It was annoying waiting on other people doing their bit, but I got it done.
Now I’m selling to the other owner (& making a tidy sum on it in the process) and I’m waiting on her lawyer to draw up the contract for the sale, since late-March We are less than two weeks from when we are supposed to sign it and 2.5 weeks from when I sign the sale on my new house. Her lawyer should already have a template of the sales agreement because she bought the 3rd of the 4 units 3 years ago. It shouldn’t be taking them 2 months to produce a contract. But then again, I’m running on a calendar with deadlines and they are running on ‘island time’ (I live on an island) where things happen when they happen.
So, here I sit in a half-packed condo with anxiety and boxes up to my eyeballs, trying to decide what cocktails I can mix with liquor bottles >75% empty so I don’t have to move them.
My first bit of advice: real estate agents get that much money on sale because handling the paperwork is a pain in the ass and you probably don’t want to do it even if think you can.
My second bit of advice: a 50/50 gin/vermouth martini is not delicious. Don’t do that either. But it did kill 2 bottles.
My current abode (condo) I was renting when my landlady wanted to sell it 2 years ago. It was a pain in the ass, but I negotiated out two contracts and pushed the deal through. One contract was a settlement with the other owner of the building for past HOA dues. The other contract was the sale. I was a government employee for a dozen years. I’m anal retentive about paperwork and deadlines. It was annoying waiting on other people doing their bit, but I got it done.
Now I’m selling to the other owner (& making a tidy sum on it in the process) and I’m waiting on her lawyer to draw up the contract for the sale, since late-March We are less than two weeks from when we are supposed to sign it and 2.5 weeks from when I sign the sale on my new house. Her lawyer should already have a template of the sales agreement because she bought the 3rd of the 4 units 3 years ago. It shouldn’t be taking them 2 months to produce a contract. But then again, I’m running on a calendar with deadlines and they are running on ‘island time’ (I live on an island) where things happen when they happen.
So, here I sit in a half-packed condo with anxiety and boxes up to my eyeballs, trying to decide what cocktails I can mix with liquor bottles >75% empty so I don’t have to move them.
My first bit of advice: real estate agents get that much money on sale because handling the paperwork is a pain in the ass and you probably don’t want to do it even if think you can.
My second bit of advice: a 50/50 gin/vermouth martini is not delicious. Don’t do that either. But it did kill 2 bottles.