When a home seller puts their home up for sale, they are much like kids about to go on a tricycle ride. But for this selling ride there are 4 basic elements impacting how smoothly the ride will go: Market, Location, Condition, and Price.
The Market is the sidewalk that the seller's tricycle maneuvers on. Sometimes the market is bumpy, sometimes smooth. Regardless, what the markets surface conditions are, the seller must just roll along for there is little they can do to impact the market path.
However, to get the tricycle ready for its travels, the seller must consider the 3 wheels that keep their home's sale rolling along.
PRICE is the big front wheel where, with the knowledge and expertise of a Realtor, drive and direction are most effectively applied.
But in order for the front wheel to maneuver properly... the two back wheels must be looked at and operate smoothly and in conjunction with the front wheel.
One of the trike's back wheels is LOCATION. The LOCATION Wheel is a fixed hard rubber wheel that will never go flat... it is what it is. The other rear wheel is CONDITION.
By the time a home seller gets ready to jump on their trike, sit on the seat and go for a sale-ride, they don't always want to look at the rear wheels... especially the CONDITION Wheel. However, over time the CONDITION Wheel's treads have worn down, it's leaked air and maybe even gone flat.
Home stagers go to work on the flat worn-out rear tricycle wheels. We pump up and repair rear CONDITION Wheels so that the sale doesn't end up being a rickety ride.
I encourage you to use home stagers to see just how smoothly your client's tricycles can roll.
Stage It Forward... Me
PS: I spelled "peddling" the way I meant it.
Craig Schiller
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love it! great analogy, explanation and the graphic rocks!. I may be using this to get the point across. 
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Love your example! Such a simple and clear way to express the importance the role of staging plays in the transaction.