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Knowing When You are Ready to Sell Your Home

By Teral McDowell

Real Estate Agent with Referral Patners LLC 0583719

March 12, 2014 02:58 AM

You know you are ready to sell your home when...

ready to sell house you no longer call it home but "this 'ol house". Sometimes a seller can become a hindrance to the sale of their house by clinging to their home. Perhaps it was your first home or your children were born there or... the list can be long.

One of the best recommendations for sellers is to begin disassociating from the house. It is always best to start thinking of it as a house and not home. Mentally pack up the memories and begin planning the new ones you will make in your new home. Physically packing up the memoirs and pictures can help significantly.

Are you ready to sell your home house? Contact a local real estate agent that knows your neighborhood to help you plan the process of selling and buying houses. And start making plans for your new home.

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Trisha Bush-LeFore

Preferred Properties Land & Homes - Walla Walla, WA

Providing Realtor Services in the Walla Walla Area

Teral,

Great post. Interesting way of thinking and identifying house and home.

Mar 12, 2014 03:09 AM

Teral McDowell

Referral Patners LLC - Murphy, TX

Thank you, Trisha! sure hope the houses are selling for you in your neighborhood.

Mar 12, 2014 03:17 AM

Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN

The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Teral, Oh yes it is so much easier to sell a house than to try to detach a seller from their home. Those emotions are hard to overcome.

Mar 12, 2014 04:56 AM

Christine O'Shea

Christine E O'Shea Broker - Naples, FL

Oh my, I had to chuckle about this one. My mom still lives in my childhome and I know when the time comes it will ve very very difficult!

Mar 12, 2014 05:27 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Excellent advice...it's not your home anymore, it's now a house! You have to think of it as a product, and use strategic marketing to sell it.

Mar 12, 2014 06:31 AM

Thanks Debbie, emotionally attached is indeed difficult to overcome. Nice when the seller is looking forward to next house to become home.

Mar 12, 2014 08:01 AM

Chrstine, doesn't sound like mom is looking to sell so when that time comes yes it will be difficult. I hope it is a long way down the road.

Mar 12, 2014 08:02 AM

Sharon, well-said! Thank you for sharing too.

Mar 12, 2014 08:03 AM

Larry Johnston

Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN

Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Teral, Great advise for those clinging sellers. It's exciting to look forward to the new memories that will be made with a new home.

Mar 12, 2014 08:11 AM

hi Larry, it is exciting and so glad you shared with us. Have a great day,

Mar 12, 2014 08:16 AM

John G. Johnston

John G. Johnston & Associates, LLC - Westcliffe, CO

An Exclusive Buyer's Agent ~ Westcliffe, CO

Teral You have a very clear understanding of the emotional attachments to 'stuff'. I always look for what they 'dream' about

Mar 12, 2014 08:32 AM

Thank you John; looking for their "dream" is a good way to understand the reason for selling.

Mar 12, 2014 09:06 AM

Lise Howe

Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC

Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

It is hard for some sellers to let go - that is when it is helpful to give them a video camera and tell them to make a movie of the house - it is the memories we should hold on to - not the house.

Mar 12, 2014 12:23 PM

I do agree Lise, memories not the house.

Mar 12, 2014 02:17 PM

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400

The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY

Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

We find this happening with sellers who have lived in their house for so many years, but it is definitely too big for them now. We here this all the time..."I can't downsize. Where am I going to place my large china cabinet"??

Mar 13, 2014 08:21 PM

GM Larry & Sheila; I can hear their voices echoing. Have a blessed day.

Mar 13, 2014 11:45 PM

Wayne Zuhl

Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ

The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

Excellent advice! The sooner that they declutter and start packing things away, the house will show so much better.

Mar 14, 2014 01:02 AM

I so appreciate you sharing with me Wayne and Jean Marie.

Mar 14, 2014 03:41 AM

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