[5-DayForum] End of Day 2 in Lynnwood

[monicacal]

Hi, all, just want to update you on our status.  We have 24 calls and/ 
or emails at this point.  My take is two investors, 2 realtors, and  
the rest 'regular folks'.  We were at 25, but the gentleman emailed  
me to bow out after I explained the process to him.

This raises an interesting question ... This gentleman and his wife  
did not call or email, but I assume, used a reverse directory to  
locate our address.  They did a drive by and THEN emailed, stating  
they were very interested in the house -- they liked the look of it  
and also the neighborhood in which we live.  He stated they're in  
their 60's, and a rembler is 'a must' (for those not from the NW, a  
rambler is a one story home.  I'm from Wisconny originally, and I'd  
never heard this term before movving here).  Anyway, they really  
wanted to come and see the house and were VERY  interested.

I emailed him back and said we'd love to have he and his wife come to  
view our home during the open house on Sat/Sun.  I also explained a  
bit about the bidding process.   After sending off my email response,  
I said to my husband, "I think this might be one of our 'real buyers.'"

Just a little while ago, I received an email back from him.  He asked  
me to withdaw his name fom 'our list', as he and his wife are not  
'interested in a bidding war."  He said he's 'interested in buying,  
not bidding."  He said our type of sale was not for him and his  
wife.  He thanked me and signed off.

I responded saying I was sorry he felt that way.  I explained that  
Dick and I felt this was the most equitable way to sell our home as  
an owner and that if he changed his mind, we'd love to see him during  
the open house.

OK, now to my question:  Did I handle this correctly?  Would anyone  
recommend a different response?  I admit, it took the wind out of my  
sils for a bit, until I received 1 phone call and two additional  
emails from interested parties.

What do you all think?

25-1=24 and holding,
Monica