Sacramento Real Estate Voice has had a wonderful week. The best part of helping home buyers besides finding just the right house is handing over the keys to the home buyer's new HOME.
This week was no exception. I love preparing a home buyer's basket of goodies and presenting them their gift along with their keys.
It always seems like a very long process of waiting once the we all go to Title to sign the documents from the bank.
The bank usually takes anywhere from 24-48 hours before approving all the documents. Then, I get a call from the Title company who says, "the loan has been funded." This means, that the bank has sent the money to the Title company for the house. At that point the long awaited words are anticipated...the phone rings and voila, "we are on record!" Those are glorious words to a Realtor. Now, the house has recorded and I can gather my gifts, go to the house and prepare to await the arrival of the new homeowners.
There is nothing like being able to say, "welcome home." This is the very best part of real estate and why I love what I do...helping home buyers find their new home. This week I got to do that twice so it was double delight.
Now, on to helping the next group of home buyers, finding just the right house for sale, getting accepted, awaiting the close of escrow and longing to give them the home buyer's their new home.
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That is so thoughtful and sweet of you, Gena. Your buyers must love it. And congratulations on your closing. Like most agents, I always give home buyers gifts, too, but I generally wait until they are moved in and settled. It's a good idea, though, to hand buyers something other than just the keys. :) Popcorn and champagne is a great combination!
It's always nice to hear that a transaction has actually recorded. That's why I lose my mind watching some of these real estate shows on TV when they proclaim "You just bought yourself a house!" simply because they've achieved mutual acceptance.
There's a lot that can go wrong before close of escrow.
Anyway, it sure looks like you take good care of your customers once it does close. I'll do my best to send you what I can, when I can Gena. Sorry the last one was a dud.
fj
Elizabeth, actually there were 2 closings and the popcorn was REALLY for the 10 year old but I thought Mom and Dad might want to indulge as well. It is such fun to give and it's brings me a great deal of joy to know that I have gotten to know my clients well enough to chose just the right thing that they would want...it's that old standby of always listening to gain insight.
Sometimes, they even have a gift for me which is always so unexpected but appreciated.
Now, on to the next basket!
Fred, you are absolutely correct...anything can go wrong during the escrow process. One of the two was oh so close to having its issues with a run away agent and a non-thinking broker giving poor advice but alas, all went well...was funded, recorded and they are in like Flin.
Not to worry about the referral. I'm sure that the next one will be better...we can't always know exactly what will come of a referral. I look forward to the next one.
Well, congratulations on your two closings then! Personally, I love popcorn myself. It's the main stay of a healthy diet for real estate agents. And I know what you mean about clients giving gifts. I always tell them at closing that the only gift I want is referrals, but they send flowers or gift baskets anyway. What are ya gonna do? LOL.
Elizabeth, yes the best gift is a referral and I've been blessed with them as well. In fact, just yesterday a woman whose home I sold at least 3 years ago emailed and asked me to please refer her to a good Realtor in AZ who could sell her house. She said, "Gena, I want someone like you and I know that you will know who I should call." She also said that she had been checking some agent websites out and found that EVERYONE is #1.
It was such a pleasure not only to know that she referred herself back to me but that I was able very quickly without hesitation to know exactly who to refer her to. The power of referrals are tremendous in all sorts of ways.