I don't even know where to begin with this. I thought I would just say it, short & sweet, and let you all know what's happening in my little world. But I'm still pretty emotional about this and am probably going to end up babbling and ranting.
I received an offer on my inn about a month ago. After some relatively easy negotiations, we finalized our contract, but with a 30 opt out option (with a small monetary amount). That made me a little nervous, but not much - the buyers were right on top of things, they had their house on the market in another state (although selling it was not necessary, financially, to make this deal work), they flew here two separate times (yes, they paid to stay!), they made a "formal" announcement to all their friend and family on f book, he gave an "informal" notice at his job, they paid the earnest money, they asked so many freaking questions I thought my head would pop off. My mind was already GONE from this career, and I could tell (well, I thought) that their minds were already here. I've been packing boxes. They've been selling furniture. Inspections went fine - a few little things we agreed on, no big deal. We agreed to moving the closing date up a few weeks because things were going so smoothly.
You can see where I'm going with this. They've terminated our contract. Their realtor (which was MY realtor that I fired - and don't even ask how this all came about) has not been very communicative, so I called the B&B broker that they worked with after they would not return my call or email. They just decided they didn't like the town. ARE YOU F$#*ING kidding me?!!?!??! You couldn't have figured out prior to NOW that you didn't like it here? The female half grew up in this area, has been here several times, still has family and friends in the area, but decided to waste my time and put me on an emotional roller coaster because of their piss poor planning. Seriously? I am not kidding when I say I went WAAAAY above and beyond with the information provided and the time I spent with them, holding their hand, doing research that they should have been doing, sharing information that really wasn't necessary at this point of the game, trying to squash their fears of failure, sharing personal things and feeling like a tennis ball between the two of them, talking over the top of each other and making my head spin, trying to keep up with what they wanted. Hours and hours and hours of this!
I am just beyond flabbergasted. It seems there has GOT to be a different reason, but the broker assures me there is not. No problems with the inspection, the business records, me personally...nope....just the town. This is a wonderful freaking town! I love it here! They have some serious issues. I don't think they know of this forum - if they do, they will recognize themselves, but I could care less. I'm sure the B&B broker comes on here, but he was equally frustrated with the time they wasted with all of us.
I know things happen for a reason. I do have a strong faith that there is a better buyer, and something waiting for me out there that just isn't quite ready yet. Those buyers don't deserve the love and loyalty I've put into this, nor do they deserve the awesome guests it attracts (yes, I grumble about the bad ones, but don't we all? ), and they are indeed crazy if they don't like this beautiful city. CRAZY. I can get past this, but I am so angry that they have not even had the decency to call and attempt to explain to me what happened. That is so incredibly rude and inconsiderate.
To any aspirings out there...please know that the sale of our home is not just a business transaction to us, nor should you treat it as such. This is my whole life and I am proud of what I've done and anyone that treats it like those people did...they just have no heart.
I don't even know if I've made sense here...but thanks for listening. Thanks for being here.
I received an offer on my inn about a month ago. After some relatively easy negotiations, we finalized our contract, but with a 30 opt out option (with a small monetary amount). That made me a little nervous, but not much - the buyers were right on top of things, they had their house on the market in another state (although selling it was not necessary, financially, to make this deal work), they flew here two separate times (yes, they paid to stay!), they made a "formal" announcement to all their friend and family on f book, he gave an "informal" notice at his job, they paid the earnest money, they asked so many freaking questions I thought my head would pop off. My mind was already GONE from this career, and I could tell (well, I thought) that their minds were already here. I've been packing boxes. They've been selling furniture. Inspections went fine - a few little things we agreed on, no big deal. We agreed to moving the closing date up a few weeks because things were going so smoothly.
You can see where I'm going with this. They've terminated our contract. Their realtor (which was MY realtor that I fired - and don't even ask how this all came about) has not been very communicative, so I called the B&B broker that they worked with after they would not return my call or email. They just decided they didn't like the town. ARE YOU F$#*ING kidding me?!!?!??! You couldn't have figured out prior to NOW that you didn't like it here? The female half grew up in this area, has been here several times, still has family and friends in the area, but decided to waste my time and put me on an emotional roller coaster because of their piss poor planning. Seriously? I am not kidding when I say I went WAAAAY above and beyond with the information provided and the time I spent with them, holding their hand, doing research that they should have been doing, sharing information that really wasn't necessary at this point of the game, trying to squash their fears of failure, sharing personal things and feeling like a tennis ball between the two of them, talking over the top of each other and making my head spin, trying to keep up with what they wanted. Hours and hours and hours of this!
I am just beyond flabbergasted. It seems there has GOT to be a different reason, but the broker assures me there is not. No problems with the inspection, the business records, me personally...nope....just the town. This is a wonderful freaking town! I love it here! They have some serious issues. I don't think they know of this forum - if they do, they will recognize themselves, but I could care less. I'm sure the B&B broker comes on here, but he was equally frustrated with the time they wasted with all of us.
I know things happen for a reason. I do have a strong faith that there is a better buyer, and something waiting for me out there that just isn't quite ready yet. Those buyers don't deserve the love and loyalty I've put into this, nor do they deserve the awesome guests it attracts (yes, I grumble about the bad ones, but don't we all? ), and they are indeed crazy if they don't like this beautiful city. CRAZY. I can get past this, but I am so angry that they have not even had the decency to call and attempt to explain to me what happened. That is so incredibly rude and inconsiderate.
To any aspirings out there...please know that the sale of our home is not just a business transaction to us, nor should you treat it as such. This is my whole life and I am proud of what I've done and anyone that treats it like those people did...they just have no heart.
I don't even know if I've made sense here...but thanks for listening. Thanks for being here.
