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Posted on February 20, 2007 - Filed Under Personal |
Sitting once again in the Real Estate Agent’s office . . .
"Cliff, I have to go show a house. Do you want to come along?"
Why not?, I figured. Looking at houses, no matter what the reason, is something I enjoy doing.
On the way over, this story unraveled in front of me. A family migrated, nearly 8 years ago. The husband decided the wife would stay home with the children: all three of them. Working for an air conditioning and heating company, he took care of his family plus managed to save $40,000.
OK, so I was impressed.
The house was an inheritance, unwanted by the seller. He refused to
pay for the usual stuff, including termite inspection and repair. A
potentially big problem in California. His asking price was $450,000: even in this flat market the house would sell quickly.
My "flip this house" mentality took over when I first gazed upon the new project. Paint this, cut down that, replace that, redo the hardwood floors blah blah blah.
But the father didn’t care about all stuff. Neither did his caring wife. They were just looking for a home, someplace where they could say "This is where we live." The kids had already claimed which room would be theirs. The excitement was definitely building.
The Real Estate Agent went into action. With his blue tooth ear piece, he was working a deal with the sellers agent. I have seen the Agent, working his magic on several multi-million dollar real estate deals. With this same zest, he worked on this deal on behalf of this family.
The agent said, "I’ll pay for the house to be tented for termites. And if there’s any damage, I’ll pay to have it repaired before close of escrow."
That’s when it hit me. This is the real use of "power". Not in closing multi-million dollar real estate investment deals . . . but helping someone else who is aspiring to achieve their dream.
In this case, buy a home.
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