Feb 26 2008
Imagine That
Imagine knowing that you were going to have to buy a house sometime between today and seven months from now.
Imagine knowing a home builder who’s built an amazing spec home that you should never be able to afford because of the size, luxury, details, and gorgeousness of this house.
Imagine that that house sat on a perfect plot of land and it sat right along a beautiful lake, with unobstructed views of the lake and the Rocky Mountains looming behind it.
Then imagine that the house was built to perfection— the colors are just what you would have chosen had you been asked. The light fixtures seem unreal in their beauty. The custom tile, the expensive carpet, the fireplace, the granite counter tops, the his-and hers-closets, the gigantic jacuzzi tub, the cabinets… all if it, better than you’d dare hope for in a home.
Then imagine that the home-builder couldn’t sell the house in this collapsed housing market. He faces bankruptcy and total devastation, so he drops the price, and drops the price again, and finally drops it to the point where he is LOSING $200,000 on it—which, he decides, is still better than losing EVERYTHING.
Imagine that it’s now squarely in your price range.
Imagine that he calls you and offers you first dibs on it, knowing that when he puts the new low price up on the internet, it will be snatched up instantly by investors.
Imagine walking through it for the first time, unable to believe that you, you, could live in this house!!!
Then imagine telling him thanks, but no thanks.
Yup, that’s how I spent the weekend. You?
(Apparently I have a knack for walking away from the perfect home…)
