A rollercoaster closing on 2600 Jones Rd.

I recently represented buyers and helped navigate them through a difficult process to land a great home at 2600 Jones Rd. in Walnut Creek. What started as an ordinary home-buying process for John, ended up being a bit of a nightmare as the loan kicked out of underwriting without telling us and loan contingency removal was due on Monday. We got a conference call with them on Saturday and Monday, had a “solutions consultant” calling my client. Nobody mentioned this would happen. We got the details worked out, but when I asked how long before we know if it is approved, he said 6 days and I had no confidence that Quicken would still be able to make it work as their communication and getting all the documentation they needed upfront was not optimal.

We got a notice to perform, I recommended John get approved with JVM, the listing agent had spoke to this lender and they confirmed what I was telling her, so they gave us until Friday. JVM was able to fully approve him, so we removed the last remaining contingency “the loan” and asked for an extension to close. The sellers agreed. John is a newspaper guy from Minnesota and retired from the Chronicle, who was looking for a home where his 11-year-old son and mom, would be in a better school district. The one he would have been going into was ranked a 1. John Jr. will now be going into 6th grade at WCI albeit virtually for now.

John’s son is the joy of his life, a smart kid who now gets to attend a great school in Walnut Creek! We had our own troubles getting a loan and getting everything finalized (especially with the pandemic throwing things off), but eventually, we closed thanks to the help of JVM Lending.

Now, John has got his son into a get a 2-bedroom home in Walnut Creek with a pool. I also gave a bike that I wasn’t using, so now John’s son can walk to school, ride his bike, and swim in his new home. JVM was able to underwrite them quickly during this process, and that allowed us to get everything closed on the deadline day. So many crazy things went on during this process, but I’m happy to say that John landed his son and mother a great home!