Art, the sales rep (part 2)

So, this really nice guy answered the phone. His name is Art Delage and he was very kind to listen to all of my rambling, and answer all of my questions about the development. He also told me things before i thought to ask, such as, a brand new K-8 school is being built smack in the middle of the community and will be opening for school this year. He said they are developing a biking/jogging/walking trail in the community, which is nice. He also told me that they are offering some great incentives to purchase such as no closing costs, and a grant to pay for your down payment. (The grant is related somehow to the elementary school going up.) This is all in addition to the federal tax credit of $8000, and a California tax credit of $10,000 when you purchase new construction before the end of the year, neither of which have to be repaid. Wow. And the weirdest thing of all is that we could actually afford these homes. I mean okay, not the 2700 square foot model, but we had our choice of a few within our price range.

One thing he told me was that as of the past 4 weeks, sales had really been picking up. I was concerned to hear that. He said the builder is releasing a few lots each weekend and that as of my call they had no lots available. But this weekend, they'll be getting 9 more lots. woot. so i asked him what our chances were of actually getting one. I have been so disappointed in the last year of house hunting, i'd rather avoid this altogether than to get my hopes up and be let down. He said our odds were pretty good, and that i didn't need to camp out overnight to get a chance at it. Before we got off the phone, he told me that he wouldn't be in the office tomorrow or friday, but that if we came in, his associate Susanna would be more than happy to help. Well, i wanted to meet Art and work with him, becuase seriosly, he's soooooo nice. I mean sure, he's a salesman, but not sleezy or fast talking or rude. Just a really nice guy. So i called shane and told him he HAD to get off work in time cause we were headed out of town to look at some houses. heh. I also filled him in on all the details and he thought it sounded as good as i did.