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20 Pros, One Savvy Couple, A Fast Sale
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Some mention the hot tub, the charm of it. But they say some would-be buyers might see it as a negative.
Ultimately, it will be up to Wilson and the owners, Lee and Cornell, to set a price.
After the back-and-forth is finished, Lee, who is standing in front of the house, is asked what he thinks of the agents' brainstorming.
"Do I like it? I think it's a gut feeling they all have [that] is probably better than any group of computer statistics. And I'm a CPA saying that."
That Tuesday, there's a sense of urgency. The house needs to be listed by Thursday. The open house is Sunday.
"I know they want it in the eights," Wilson says later. "The end of the story will be what happens this weekend."
Later in the day, Wilson talks with the owners. She says she is open to a range of $819,000 to $829,000 but favors $819,000. The owners say they are thinking they want more than that.
"I told them they need to think about it," Wilson said. "I didn't want them in any way, shape or form to feel that they were sorry they hadn't tried. I have no objection to 825. But anything over 830, I will object, but I certainly will do it. It's their house."
She said she fears too high a price will turn away buyers.
"They're savvy sellers," Wilson said of the couple. "They've been doing a cost analysis. They've kept a spreadsheet on everything that's been sold for three months."
Lee, seeking more input, talks to his real estate broker in North Carolina. When arriving at a price, he figures that if house hunters punch prices into their computers, they will do so in $25,000 increments. If he lists at $819,000, he fears, some people looking at homes between $825,000 and $925,000 will miss his.
Then again, he figures $800,000 is too little and $850,000 is too much.
