Jan. 18, 2006 - Kirkland Condos Downtown - "Urban Legend"

I love telling this story in person, so I thought I'd post it here for your enjoyment.  Is it true?  Who knows, it may be "Urban Legend", but I love the story and so do many others.

Pre-sale.  Brand new Kirkland Condos.  Summer of 2005.  If you wanted to buy one you had to go and "explore" the project in advance in downtown Kirkland where it was displayed with lots of people to help you get to know the project. 

You signed up for a number.  On a given Monday night, your number represented a FIVE MINUTE appointment time.  A line formed based on number like at the lunchmeat counter at the QFC. 

Number 2 stood behind number 1 and so forth.  You had five minutes to slap down your money and say I want unit #301 (hypothetical example).  Of course if you were number 53, you had better know 53 options of choice, as by the time you might get to the front of the line, chances are what you wanted would have been taken.

OK.  Here's the fun part.  Number 1 of course picked the best one.  Number 2 grabbed him and paid him $100,000 on the spot to get the same condo he just picked!  He made $100,000 just for having the #1 choice!!  Is that true?  I don't know.  If anyone knows Mr. or Ms. #1 and #2, maybe you can tell us.  But that's the fun story and I'm sticking to it.

It was also reported that 80 units sold in that one night representing about 75% of the total units available.

That's my fun story of the day!  Have a good one!

Ardell

Dec. 25, 2006 - re: Kirkland Condos Downtown - "Urban Legend"