Dear Neighbor Lady,
We did not start off on the right foot. And then I didn’t actually meet you for weeks after I moved in. When I did, it consisted of you hollering “Hello, I’m your neighbor!” from your car.
That was fine. I had resigned myself to not really having a relationship with you. Plus, Kate on the other side has been PLENTY of neighbor for me.
But then I happened to come in the front door with some groceries, as opposed to the back. And you appeared on your front porch at the same time. You wanted to warn me about porch pirates, and let me know you put a package of mine in the side yard.
Me: Thank you for that. This move has been hard enough without people stealing packages too.
We looked at each other for a few beats. Blinked.
You: For what it’s worth, I’m sorry about that.
And that’s all it took. All I needed for everything to be OK.
As it turns out, we had both asked our real-estate agents if we could have a conversation just ourselves. We were denied. By your agent.
You: I really think we could have worked it out if we could have just talked to each other.
We ended up spending about 30 minutes on our porches chatting. And then set up brunch, where we talked for nearly two hours.
You are a badass bitch, and I’m a fan.
All the trouble is water under the bridge.
Looking forward to getting to know you better!
Your Friend at 1415,
Beth
*I miss Fred Rogers.
Observe and report 
When I sold my last house, we had an issue that came up and their agent canceled the contract. My real estate agent reached out to them and found out that they did NOT want to cancel and were angry that their agent did it. My agent had her hand slapped by their real estate agent, which was from one of those companies that mass buy houses to resell (maybe Open Door?), for reaching out to them directly (she wasn’t responding to my agent’s emails). Needless to say, they fired their agent and went with another one. If my agent had not reached out, we wouldn’t have sold our house to them and we would have both been upset. We ended up talking to our buyers before the closing and even went out for drinks after the closing and are even FB friends. Apparently, that’s not how real estate transactions usually go, but I think we are all better off for it. Glad you guys met and have a good relationship!
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I really wish we could have had a conversation during the process. Her agent is an idiot.
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