This Freaky Friday is really being penned on Saturday, but I hope most people won’t mind.
Below is a very funny clip from one of my favorite shows - “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. In this clip Stewart talks about how many republicans are outraged by the Obama administration and its policies. ” A road to tyranny” and ” Facism is coming.” were used to describe the new Administration’s policies. Stewart points out in his own way that its all about your point of view and reminds viewers that many democrats felt the same way about the previous 8 years.
I see the same thing when working with buyers and sellers. Some see the people on the other side of the closing table as the enemy . In this buyer's market many sellers are made to feel that the process was entirely unfair to them. Just a couple of years ago, it was the other way around. There are winners and losers in real estate, but in a buyer's market, it always seems as though the seller is on the short end.
My advice to sellers is that if you need to sell, don't bemoan the injustice of it all - but keep a positive attitude - remember, your home looks very different to a buyer than it does to you. To you it is your home and hearth and of course you want top dollar. To the buyer it is one of many properties that they are going to see. And in this tough market, buyers fear overpaying more than anything else. So, don't take low-ball offers personally and remember that an overpriced house is going to sit, not sell. If you are realistic, your home will sell - lowball offers notwithstanding.
Enjoy the clip.
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Ruthmarie: These Fox Noise people are just plain out of their koogles ! Happy Potato Day my big foot ! They must be on drugs when they make this stuff up... there is just no other explanation for it.
As far as sellers are concerned... I try and get them to realize that whatever they lose when they sell their home... they will more than make up for... on the home they purchase. That usually calms them down.