Page 21 of Safer Alone
Angela White
Licensed Real Estate Agent Nashville Realty
After sending the email I place my phone back on the counter, scoop up my dinner and drink and flop down on the couch, nibbling on my dinner while watching the news.
Wednesday is the most productive day by far. The first thing I complete upon arriving at work is processing the paperwork necessary to move forward with Elliot’s purchase. Both parties’ attorneys are agreeable on the terms and agreement made, believing they could have it all completed by Wednesday next week. It’s amazing what can be done when the purchaser doesn’t need financing. Bank account details are provided to Elliot’s attorney to ensure the deposit and then the final amount will be received prior to closing.
I then submit the full-price offer for the two story home close to the city center on Johnson Street for Liam and Jessica. The owners are ecstatic with the news and accept the offer right away. They also authorize a four-week closing. Before ending our phone call, they thank me wholeheartedly for my hard work and give me compliments on the short time frame it was listed for. They hadn’t dreamed of it selling at the first showing This makes me blush.
I open my email program, there are a few generic advertising emails directed at real estate agents to purchase flyers and for sale signs with your photograph, I send those directly to the trash and then I open the one from the Thompson family. The subject line reads Partridge Street,
Dear Miss White,
After much consideration, my wife and I have decided to make an offer on the property we viewed with you earlier this week on Partridge Street.
We would like to make an offer of $320,000.
If you could please contact me once you have spoken to the owners, it would be appreciated.
Please note we will be out of contact for two weeks due to a scheduled vacation overseas and will be checking our emails sporadically when service is possible.
Thank you,
Michael, Kimberley and Mia Thompson
They are making an offer. It is far from the listed amount of $350,000 but it’s still an offer. They are interested in the property enough to see themselves living there. I checked my watch and saw it was after 11:00 am, so I located Mrs. Jones in the sellers’ contact details and give her a call.
After fifteen minutes of conversation Mrs. Jones agrees to meet in the middle at $335,000 but that will be as low as they will go They want to sell the home, but they still want to walk away with a profit. “I will try my hardest to get you a little more than then $335 thousand, but I thank you for letting me know how low you would go. The prospective buyers advised me they will be in and out of contact over the next couple of weeks so it might be a little while before I get back to you, but I promise I’ll give you a call back as soon as I know anything further. Have a lovely day, Mrs. Jones.” I end the phone call and decide against phoning the Thompson family due to their vacation. Instead I hit reply on the already open email.
Good Morning Thompson Family,
Thank you for your email.
I have relayed your offer to the owners of the property on Partridge Street. I will email you as soon as I know anything further.
Talk with you soon.
Warm Regards,
Angela White
Licensed Real Estate Agent Nashville Realty
After hitting send, I stand up from my computer, walk to the office kitchen on my way to the conference room and make myself a cup of tea. I certainly don’t want to be late for the weekly sales meeting. I continue towards the meeting. Opening the door, I see a couple of my colleagues are already sitting around the large timber table that comfortably seats ten people.
I choose the vacant seat next to James Orchard. James is twenty-nine with jet black hair that stands up in all different directions. He wears a pair of black-rimmed, rectangular shaped glasses over his light blue, almost grey eyes. He is taller than me, which isn’t exactly an earth-shattering achievement. I would hazard a guess he stands at around five feet, eleven inches. He is very easy on the eyes, what most ladies would consider handsome. I certainly do, and best of all, he is such a happy person, he makes me smile whenever we’re together. Besides Jenny, James is the only other person at the office that I occasionally hang out with.
“Hey, Snow White, what are you up to this weekend?” I roll my eyes, he is the only one to use this nickname. He told me once that he came up with it due to my pale skin, black hair and, of course, my last name.
“Not much, James, how about you? Is there a forecast of you chasing a giant peach?” My nod to the book by Roald Dahl ‘James and the Giant Peach’, it was the best I could come up with. He gave me a small smile and laughed. Before he could respond, Sandra walked in.
“Okay, Sales Team, I want to congratulate everyone on the past month’s showings and sales,” she smiled at us all.
“Special mention to James who sold the property on Main Street and Angela who has contracts exchanged on both Belle Meade Homestead and Johnson Street.” There was a small, polite applause around the room from the other agents. James nudged me with his shoulder and held his hand up for a high five. I happily obliged, and our right hands connected.
Sandra cleared her throat and spoke again. “Now, as you all know, the state-wide awards dinner for sales agents is being held later this month, and this year it’s being held right here in our hometown. So, I would like all of you to attend, since we as an office have been nominated for several awards. There is also a possibility we might take home some individual awards, too. I will have Suzy send each of you a confirmation email with all of the details.” There was an excited murmur across the room between our two leading sales agents Max and Valerie, no doubt believing they were in with a shot of taking home an award. I turn to James, who rolls his eyes. I cover my mouth with my hand in order to hide my grin from the others.
Max and Valerie are both older agents, in their early forties. They have been in real estate for years and are Nashville locals. Max does a lot for children’s sports and Valerie has an ad running on television for twelve months of the year. I guess you could call them the big names in real estate here. However, I keep up with their sales without any of that, and with the sale of Belle Meade going through, I will have the highest selling property in this office. That will give them pause.
