As we have mentioned, we are working hard to accept this “new normal” we are living in, and continuously needing to adapt to the changing times. What we know to be true: even in times of crisis, people need to buy or sell their homes. Today’s post is by our wonderful agent Phil Booth, who completed his first “drive through” closing today in the parking lot of a Land Title office.
Here is his story:
“New terrain”… we are hearing this a lot lately.
Indeed, it was new terrain today for this REALTOR today at Land Title in Longmont, where I was involved in my first ‘Curb-side’ closing with my first time home buyers.
The sellers had closed separately, so it was just my buyers parked in one spot and me alongside, in my own vehicle, but with one parking space between us (social distancing!).
The closer came out with paperwork galore (yes, a loan was involved).
She had done a beautiful job of writing explanations and marking each signature space with lovely sticky, color coded arrows to make things as easy as possible for my buyers.
She left us to it for awhile, and I was able to ‘cheer-lead’ and give explanations from the ‘safety’ of my car.
When it was time to sign the documents requiring a notary, we called the closer up, and she trotted out and provided explanations and witnessed the signing.
Things went really smoothly… the only downsides, it was pretty chilly with the window down, there were not the usual lovely drinks and snacks available, and the bathroom facilities are not very handy!