For less than a cup of coffee a day

April I was rejoicing that a home that I staged went pending. Every listing agents and stagers dream is to have gone pending within 3 weeks.

Things started sounding fishy when the buyer needed an extension on his inspection period.

Then they dragged out the renegotiating. This dragged out for weeks!!!!!!!!!!! And a closing date was finally set.

The seller told me to de-stage the property because it would save her money on the extra month rent. I acknowledged her desire to do this and said that the rent until a couple of days before closing was insurance just in case it didn’t close.

Let me explain that her rent on the items was very inexpensive. I mean less that buying coffee out during the month.

She insisted that I get it out by the 16 of April so there would be no monthly rent until it closed on the 28th.

I was out of town on the 18th and I didn’t need the items so I couldn’t honor her request. On the 27th I de-staged the home, donated the remaining furniture and moved the items to another location.

The 28th I found out it didn’t close and there would be another delay.

Friday May 22, I found out that it didn’t close and it’s back on the market –vacant. The seller won’t stage again because of finances.

For less than a cup of coffee a day the house could have stayed staged. Now she is l looking at thousands of dollars in losses.

Sellers please don’t de-stage until you absolutely KNOW that the house is closing.

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