The Second Visit

We met Ronald Brookshire, the seller's agent and friend, at the property.  It was more beautiful than I had remembered it.  Many of the flowers on the property were in bloom and he had gone through the house and knocked down most of the cobwebs. 

Shortly after we arrived, another couple and their agent arrived.  The man started cleaning the pool and spraying the weeds on the driveway.  The woman approached and asked me, "Why are you at my house?"

Confused, I looked at Ron, who explained, "This couple has an offer in on the house, but it's a short sale and the loan holder won't approve it."

They stayed for a little while and had some conversation with the seller's agent, then left.  It was an awkward situation, but we deducted from the discussion that their offer would short one loan holder almost completely.  Ron suggested that they make a counter offer which would pay all loan holder's off completely.  (We found out the next week that they weren't prepared to pay that amount and walked away from the deal.)

We left the home feeling confident that it was meant to be ours.