In my family, that request came once. Second time around - we were sitting in the dining room, in chairs, in the corners and could not move. Today's language - it was considered a "time out". That time out could be anywhere from 2 -4 hours. Move and I mean change a finger position and our time out started all over again!
What's this got to do about real estate? Plenty. I've been trying to get one of my clients to empty their house out for the last four weeks. They have moved but left the stuff that doesn't allow the imagination to flow and hence - I'm wasting my time, money and energies on trying to get an offer when the buyer's can't see beyond your "leftovers".
If I could, I would put you all in corners and make you realize what you are doing by delaying in your actions. Market time, lack of enthusiasm for the property because of your stuff just sitting in corners, holes in walls that need to be patched, pictures that draw attention away from the property. All this is costing you in price, money, market time. Granted this one particular property will have to be rented out - so at what point does an agent move on?
What this agent has learned is - do not take a listing again where the client isn't committed to getting the house sold. If you take a listing and they you find out that they aren't committed to selling ...... cancel the listing.
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