You wrote a contract at what time??

What do you do when a client works night-shift and wants to buy a property that you just found out there is another offer on and you need to get a better offer in by first-thing the next morning, but you already committed to a poker game that you still kind of want to play in (it's the only time you're going to play in 10 days, too!)?

"Hey, man...Why don't I just stop by during your night shift?"

"Um...that'll work. What time?"

"I don't know...probably like 2am."

"Sure...I'll see you there."

Yep. So, at 2am last Tuesday, I showed up at my client's place of work with a contract offer in hand for him to review and sign. 90 minutes later, we figured out how to use the coolest fax machine ever (this machine is somewhat involved, smarter-than-the-average-person, state-of-the-art copier, printer, fax machine that must have cost his company upwards of $20K from the looks of it) to get the offer over to the listing agent by around 4am.

So, assuming the home inspection and termite inspection confirm that this is a wise purchase for my client, that transaction will settle in a couple of weeks, and I have another good story to tell clients while I drive them around to different homes and there are lulls in conversation. :) I actually met up with this same clients about 1:30am yesterday to round out the paperwork that changed a bit in the negotiation stages.

Well, it's almost 1am, and I'm still at the office. Thanks for reading!

Peace,
Greg