Do agents tell the truth? Have you ever walked into a home and the cooking odor was overwhelming? or the wallpaper was very loud? or the housekeeping was simply poor? If someone is living in a home and you're visiting it is good manners to keep your opinions to yourself. However, if someone is hiring you to help them sell their home, all bets are off. They NEED to hear the truth even if it stings a bit. The kid gloves should come off.
Realtors need to be part of the solution not part of the problem. Preparing a home for sale is no easy feat. There is a lot to address. If there is an apparent issue and an agent finds it uncomfortable to discuss it with their seller, that itself becomes an obstacle to the sale of the home. Sellers need to hear what buyers think of their homes. If an agent protects their seller from the truth by thinking they're being polite, they're actually doing them a disservice as they're preventing them from being able to correct the problem and successfully get their home sold. In this market there is no room for hurt feelings. The market is tough enough out there, without agents contributing to the problem by being polite. To tell the truth...that is the answer. Ask your agent to be brutally honest with you. Get it SOLD.
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