[5-DayForum] my ga sale saturday status

[Rosemarie and Fred Belcher]

    This sounds almost like our Saturday. We also had 17 calls at our first try, canceled and re-did it. But we did call!  However, our numbers sound similar to yours there, too - so don't beat yourself up.  We had people who wouldn't write a bid - they came back and were among our top three. I appreciated how much thought they were putting into it - maybe they had to go home and do some research.
    Our Sunday was completely dead until 4:45. I mean, we sat and played cards and wondered if we should have just had it one day instead of two. Then at 4:45 six groups of people arrived, including our eventual high bidder. We did not shoo them away at 5 o'clock, since they were deep into reading the materials - the inspection, the buyers guide from the book, etc.  It made for an exhausting day - all that waiting around, and then having to stay late and not get rested and prepared for the calling.
    We eventually got $140,000 after advertising $74,500. :)
    Good luck tomorrow/today!
    Rosemarie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brian Hammond 
  To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days 
  Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:31 PM
  Subject: [5-DayForum] my ga sale saturday status


  Today got off to a rough start when I realized I had forgotten to call all the people who responded to my ad last week!

  I put out an "open house" sign at the opening to the neighborhood and a "for sale by owner" sign in the yard. 

  The first bidder showed up about 10 till 10, and I had a pretty steady flow all day and maybe 3 or 4 new calls. 

  During the few respites, I called my original list of 17. I left 5 messages, had 3 people who weren't interested or couldn't make it, 4 who said they would come out and 5 who said they would come out tomorrow.

  There were 13 bids and most of the people who came put in bids. The bids ranged from $1 up to my original $69,500.

  For some reason 4 of my bidders didn't want to write down a bid, but wanted to call me with it later. At least one told me they would come back tomorrow.

  Not totally sure how to deal with that.

  A pretty wide range of folks  come by and one couple who spend about 3 hours going over the house. 

  I feel like things went pretty well, but I worry that the turn out should have been higher and that not forgetting to call my original list was a pretty bad mistake.

  My throat's sore from talking all day and I am extremely tired. It was really draining, but it was also a lot of fun. 

  Feedback?

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