I signed a contract to sell my home, which you can see in the above video (part 1 here), the first night of the storm that paralyzed Chicago in January of 1979.
The buyer’s agent called mid-afternoon to ask whether she could come to my home to present an offer. She arrived 4 or 5 hours later, from one of the western suburbs, having abandoned her car within a block of my home. My agent had no problem getting to the presentation, since she lived 4 doors south of me.
After a few minutes of pleasantries I signed a full-price offer, which included a 10% second mortgage note payable in one year. The buyer’s agent somehow found her way to a hotel in the city and spent the night there.
We’ll no doubt hear similar stories once the wreckage from this storm has been cleared.
We have no problem showing up if contracts are actually involved! True stroy, I went to a client’s home last evening (in full storm) to write an offer on a low priced short sale home they had not seen yet.
They knew the building and saw the photos. It was a smart move as it will be a multiple offer situation… we may have snuck in during the storm, get seller acceptance and be the first in line to present the offer to the bank!