With the end of spring break and Passover upon us, the spring market is officially here and understanding the statistics, though not as entertaining as walking in on a showering tenant who had purportedly vacated two weeks earlier, is something we ought not avoid discussing in this column.
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Put the Community Up for Sale!?!
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By Nechama Polak | February 18, 2021
It was early in my real estate career and after humble beginnings trying to establish my name that business began to pick up. I was starting to get referrals, and a friend of mine sent me a customer from a well-known and respected family. I was thrilled at the opportunity to prove myself and so diligently prepared to take this couple out and show them the neighborhood.
The clients were a young married couple with two kids who were leaving Manhattan to find a home in the suburbs. After looking with them a few times we found a home that spoke to them, placed the offer and it was. accepted! I got all excited about the impending deal but, sure enough, an issue arose. As the buyers were very young and relatively new to the workforce, the seller was concerned about their financial ability to qualify for a mortgage and close on the house. That’s when the young client said that she wanted me to talk with her father about the purchase an