Musings from You and Me

Love that Charlottesville Home!

Did you know that there are people who are comfortable doing everything digitally? I recently had the pleasure of selling a home to a family from the West Coast. The interesting part is, they literally did not see the house, nor any of the paperwork except in digital form, (that folks means on the computer)! Until the day before closing, when everything they had was on a moving truck headed to VA. and they arrived on a plane with their 2 cats to meet me and their new home (live and in person) for the first time.

I met them "online" and began emailing the family homes that were in the MLS, that fit the criteria of what they were looking for. When something caught their eye, they would email me to go and take more photos of the neighborhood, yard, and virtually tour the home. Then we found "the one" 90 pictures of it later, we were certain of it.

The offer was put together online, and emailed, printed, signed and faxed signature pages returned to me. The seller was also not in our area, and the process was repeated for them as well. Then, eureka- offer changed to contract!

I use a home inspector that does his reports digitally, and emails pictures of problems to the purchaser, and we forward to the seller. What a wonderful change from the old days. Now everyone can clearly see what you are talking about when there is a problem. A picture is truly worth a thousand words.

I admit I was nervous driving up to the house, that they would not be as happy now that it was live and in person. To my great relief and their great joy, it was even better than they thought! The cats made themselves immediately at home on the mantle over the fireplace!

Could this be one of the reasons that yours truly was chosen to be featured in the last 2 weeks of "The Real Estate Weekly" as a technology advanced Realtor? I certainly hope so, I am delighted being a part of this exciting chapter of a family's life. You can buy a home online with confidence, when you have a solid professional advocate working for you!

Welcome Home to Charlottesville my West Coast Friends!

posted by FineVirginiaLiving.com @ 3:12 PM