Some wonderful buyers of mine just closed on an incredible homestead for their family in Emmett. Two sisters and their families purchased 20 acres that was split into 4 5-acre lots. The lots will be used between them and their kids to build their new and glorious Idaho life. It’s just the very best.
Everything about this transaction was a little unique, which kept things exciting the whole way through. Two sisters and their husbands buying land together. Working with a small town and county to push paperwork through. Splitting the land into smaller parcels. Building new roads. But with perfect cooperation between the buyers and sellers, we accomplished great things and now my buyers will be calling this piece of land their new home!
That cooperation between the buyers and sellers sure came in especially handy when the closing date was missed. The buyers already had plans to come up and stay on the property, which now required permission from the seller. So they chatted and made a deal that if the buyers would keep the sellers’ cows for an extra day, they could go ahead and stay on the property. Ha! This is the Idaho way and I love it!
Once we did close, I got to go out and meet this great family on their new property. They couldn’t wait to tell me about their meeting the sellers the day before. The buyers arrived to the property to see the sellers (a young, sweet couple and their four tiny kids) chasing their cows and chickens around trying to corral them to get them in the trailer to move. So one of the buyers takes the baby and the others join in the efforts to get all the animals gathered and into the trailer. When all was said and done, this great team had loaded 2 cows and 26 chickens into the horse trailer and off the sellers went to their new life in Wyoming towing their 5th wheel full of their belongings and behind that, their horse trailer full of their animals.
I LOVE this story so much! It is such a great example of how we do things a little differently in Idaho. I see this a lot as I work with so many clients from out of state. Here, we tend to trust each other a great deal and we usually work together to get the job done. It’s the very best!
Written by Becka Marston
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