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If Your Home is For Sale, Which Vibe is it Giving Off?
 
Kristi DeFazio wrote this insightful post about how buyers perceive homes for sale. I think she was right on. If you are a home seller, make sure your house is #5!
 
I have been a buyer's agent in Colorado Springs for awhile now and each time I take a buyer into a home, they usually make a comment within the first 5 seconds of entering the home.
I have a theory that each home has a "Vibe" to it and that vibe is noticed immediately.
The questions is- If your home is for sale, which Vibe do you want to portray?
Here they are from the point of view of the buyer looking at your home.

Vibe #1- Home has been neglected and may be bank owned. This vibe shows through the curb appeal (or lack thereof) with the weeds and trashy yard. When you walk inside this home, you usually see immediate repairs that need to be tended to. Often times the heat and lights are off in this home and it gives off a really bad vibe. This home could also be a divorce situation where they just want OUT. This type of home has one ... more

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