It’s funny when opportunity knocks on your door. It’s even more hilarious when it literally knocks like it did in mid-July.
When I opened the literal door, here stood Jerel Stewart: a man in a suit who I found out after a sentence that he was a real estate agent. He let me know that he had a buyer who was interested in moving into my townhouse complex.
You see on the flyer he handed me: “Our Buyer Wants to Move in NOW!” They had to wait though, but they got the house they were looking for: our house.
I never did find out why they decided to only want to move into Kingsley Square, but I can think of some reasons:
- Proximity to Route 9 and the Freehold Mall
- The $100 per month HOA fee
- The fact that there’s a fenced-in backyard (albeit a small one)
- The fact that they lived in Freehold before and wanted to stay close by
Regardless of the reasoning, that meant a highly motivated buyer, aka them staying pretty close to our asking price. And that they did, so a nice profit was made even when subtracting the closing costs out of the equation.
It took a little while to close since there were some things that needed to be fixed and taken care of (see my AA Electrical and Borough of Freehold blog posts). It was bittersweet given the circumstances of the house sale, which I’ll get into in a future blog post.
But I hope that Jerel Stewart (and other realtors reading this) learned that persistence pays off since him going out and knocking on everyone’s door got him a commission. I’m just glad it wasn’t some ruse to lure someone into hiring him as their realtor under the guise of saving half a percent of commission if both the buyer & seller used the same agent and then suddenly the buyer “mysteriously” isn’t interested.
I watch too much TV with zany plot twists. My next blog post will cover the thoughts I had working with our realtor.
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