Showing homes to buyers is always an event. This week was no different. In the rain, I toured five homes with an adorable first time buyer couple. Their feedback was priceless. After our exhausting, informative, productive, and at times, comical tour of homes was complete, we compiled a a list of ways to NOT SELL YOUR HOME.
10 Ways NOT to Sell Your Home
1. Make it difficult for an agent to show it. I was shocked at how many sellers, even with 24 hour notice, were unwilling to show their home.
2. Don't get out of bed. Yep! True story. As we walked into a VACANT/ON lockbox home, we seemed to "wake up" a confused gentleman. I can only imagine what must have gone through his head, initially.
3. Invite everyone you know to SMOKE in your home. Not once, but twice we opened doors to be overwelmed with the aroma of second, third, and even fourth-hand smoke. Not good. Not good at all. If you have smoked in your home, repaint, replace the carpet, and pray, immediately.
4. Hang up every "questionable" picture you can possibly find. One home, I am certain, they will NOT remember for the property itself:).
5. Make sure your neighbors stop prospective buyers and tell them your entire life history (while consuming alcohol). Wisteria Lane....Look Out!
6. Celebrate Christmas all year long. Self explanatory!
7. Leave Fido. Now, I am a Fido loving fool. Luckily so were my buyers; however, Fido didn't smell like a rose garden and neither did each room he followed us into!
8. Have your Agent call the Buyers Agent every 5 minutes to see if she has shown the home yet. Hmmmm....motivated seller???
9. Febreze, Glade, Lysol, Potpurri, Incense, and Perfume the place like crazy. We were a group of sneezing fools!
10. Last but not least, one really good way to NOT SELL your home is to attempt to do it own your own! I made an appointment to show a For Sale By Owner and quite frankly, felt bad for them when we left. It seemed as though they truly had NO idea how to market, show, or price their otherwise lovely little home.
Over all it was a great day, but sellers PLEASE....take this list into consideration!
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