Sometimes, these days, sellers are seeing more than one offer coming in at the same time on their home.  Not always, mind you, just sometimes.

All people in Harrisonburg are nice.  OK, well, maybe not all, but most of them seem to be.

As such, sometimes two super nice, awesome, wonderful people make offers on the same house -- and sadly, only one of them can buy it!

Sometimes a buyer tries to set their offer apart (above?) other offers by including a personal, heartfelt letter about why they LOVE the seller's home and how they will live happily ever after in it.  These are often meaningful, helpful, touching and effective. 

But shoot - sometimes there are two awesome buyers who wrote these emotion evoking letters, and again, only one of them gets the house.

It stinks to be that second (or third) buyer - as it's often quite the letdown for the contemplated home purchase to not have worked out.

It's a bit easier as a seller -- you're selling your house to buyer #1, even if buyer #2 is crying in the corner -- but it's still not ideal.  Sometimes a seller even knows buyer #2 or buyer #3 and feels terrible about not being able to sell them the house as well, but...

Anyhow -- it's a good problem for a seller to have -- multiple buyers vying to buy their house.  But it's just simply no fun at all for buyers.  I feel for them - whether I'm working with them as my clients, or if I am representing the seller who effectively had to reject them.

Stay strong, buyers!  Hopefully some new, exciting listings will be on the market soon to ease the pain of missing out on the house you had been convinced you would be buying!