Seller, have you set yourself up for failure. Staging in Burlington

I've been watching a story unfold in my neighborhood. 

A house has gone up for sale. The seller has decided to move to a Retirement Home. I assume that the seller wants to use the funds from the house to support this move.

After watching things I've decided it makes a good cautionary tale. 

Things that may set you up for failure:

1. Choosing a Realtor that does not belong to the board area you live in. Doing this means the local agents may not even know your house is up for sale. 
2. Keeping the house in 'as is' condition. You are limiting the types of buyers for your home.
3. Signing a contract that gives the Realtor an exclusive listing for a period of time. 
4. Hiring a Realtor that advertises in the local paper once, does not put it on MLS or their website. 
5. Hiring a Realtor that does not advertise the open house just puts signs on the corner to catch drive by traffic. 
6. Letting the house get a damp closed up smell because no one is emptying the dehumidifiers. 
7. Turning away one Realtor because they wanted to bring in their Stager. 
8. Using a few photos the agent took of the home in 'as is' condition on the info sheets for the buyers that do find the house.
9. Letting the grass grow in the interlocking brick drive and ignoring the 'dirt' mark running down from the window air conditioner.
10. Dropping the price quickly because the response has been so poor.

 Like so many things, you get what you pay for in life. 

Find a Realtor that will present your home in the best way possible. You want as many buyers as possible to know your home is available.

Prepare your home for sale to make it appealing. This may mean calling on family members for help or paying someone.

Call on a Professional Stager to give you a consult so that your budget is spent in the most effective way.

Set your self up for success not failure.