Still finding the humor - When your Buyer becomes a Renter

Sometime in late August, I received a request for information from my website (www.TheFlagstffWebsite.com) . Happily I can report that this is not an unusual occurance. The unusual part is turning the requests into closed sales.

This gentleman had already relocated to Flagstaff but had not purchased a home. He traveled between two places and was eager to find something..... soon.

Like most Buyers today, he had scoured my website and had a list of favorites. Bacisally, he needed me to be his key. We met. We looked. He wrote a contract!

That was in early September. We repeated this ceremony eight times. Yes, eight. We engaged in the alternate ceremony - look but no contract - many more times than that.

I was sure this man was a Buyer. He was qualified, had the downpayment, already had to live in Flagstaff because of his work. But each time his contracts were accepted, he backed out. Each. Time.

Not being shy, I told him at around contract 6 or 7 that a WOMAN had to make the decision for him, and I was about to become that woman! He laughed heartily, sheepishly agreed, and backed out of contract 7 or 8.

The hard part was receiving a call from a Realtor who held an open house at a property he visited. He submitted my name and told her he really liked the home. It seemed to suit his needs perfectly! I believe that was also somewhere between 6 and 8 and I had to dash her hopes.

Without becoming an armchair psychologist, I also have to report that I met his parents. His mother had been a highly successful Realtor in her day, but was now elderly. At contract 5 I truly wondered if he was taking out his mother issues on our... realtionship. Take that, mom. You won't close THIS sale...

My "Buyer" is now renting. I keep in touch with him and told him point blank (in a very lighthearted wway) that I'd find him and do some type of non-traceable harm if he bought a property without me. :) He promised he'd call me when he was ready.

I'm not holding my breath.