Are You a Jammie Pants Home Seller?
Love this comparison about dressing and home selling! This week I viewed about a dozen homes that were listed for sale - and at least half were still in their jammies! Home buyers want to see your home dressed up and ready to show!
I'll admit I love my flannel jammie pants, they are very comfy; but when I'm going out, they certainly stay at home and I am dressed.
Yesterday, when I went grocery shopping, I was amazed at how many people wear their flannel jammie pants to the store!
There were jammie pants people in the cereal aisle and jammie pants in produce, in fact I probably saw 5 or 6 pair on my shopping excursion and the store was not that crowded.
There are two ways to look at this: "It's terrible, people should really learn to dress for success and look their best no matter where they are going" or the alternative: "Just be who you really are."
In real estate, sellers who are doing their very best to keep their housekeeping up and have their homes in show ready condition at a moments notice are dressed for success.
Sellers who cannot or will not do this are like jammie pants people - they just want the buyer to accept their house for who/what "it really is."
Jammie Pants People, if your home is on the market, you need to dress it for success, price it right and do your part to present it to buyers in the very best light.
I know it's not easy and it requires a lot more effort and time, but in the long run it will be worth it. Just like jammie pants don't impress me in the grocery store, that same attitude won't impress a buyer seeing your house today. I'm only telling you this to help you sell your home.
As for the grocery store, it's a free country!
Really, who am I to judge?
In my opinion there is no excuse to wear your flannel jammies to the store unless it's midnight and the baby is out of formula.
But then again, maybe I'm just jealous because I left my jammie pants at home.
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Mary Douglas, your Mountain Broker-Associate and REALTOR®
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, CO
www.redfeatherlakes.com ---800-531-2195
"A Day in the Mountains will always soothe your city soul"
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