Monday, April 22, 2019

Property Brothers Good Luck Charm?

We watch a lot of home improvement shows. We’ve been watching them for many years. One day my husband clipped a photo of Property Brothers and taped it to the lamp next to where I used to have morning coffee. I didn’t notice it until he brought it to my attention! So when we put our two Capitol Hill condo units up for sale in February, I wanted to keep the token posted for “good luck.” Typically units in our building sell within 60 days but oftentimes immediately because of the proximity to all the congressional buildings. With the first open house, we got a full price offer for one unit, and two more on the other. After two weeks of back and forth discussion about two dogs, the board rejected the potential buyer because of it. We were very disheartened and we lost two weeks of being on the market. The other offers fell through as well because they wanted to rent the unit - which was also rejected. So we were back to square one. We got another offer shortly thereafter for one unit, but the buyer had several contingencies. We decreased the price on the other unit and had an immediate taker. It was a roller coaster ride and we are closing in on the settlement for the second unit. There are still a few hurdles to cross but at least we can see the finish line. It’s hard to believe we put the units on the market mid February, and moved to our new house on April 5. I can’t say the property brothers good luck charm had anything to do with it. But I kept the token just for the heck of it. 














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