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Your Vacant House is Listed - Now to Get It Sold
You are a seller, who has moved away for employment or other reasons. Perhaps, you have moved into another home, and left your vacant home behind.

Real estate professionals generally know vacant homes often sell slowly, and for less money than a like property, which is well furnished. That's because many folks buy on emotion and have a hard time warming up to an empty house.  A lived-in home can be much more appealing.
There is often an echo when you walk through empty houses, and odors can accumulate because doors and windows aren't opened to allow air to circulate.  

So, you are marketing a vacant home, what can you do to create an edge from all other vacant properties listed For Sale?

(1) Leave draperies and window coverings on the windows when you move.  In most cases they will not fit your new home anyway.  And leaving them in place, helps to muffle the echo heard in vacant houses.

(2) Deep clean and paint the house.  When homeowners move, they take pictures and move furniture to take with them.  This usually leaves discolorations on the walls, and flaws not previously noticed are now visible.  Paint is inexpensive, ... more

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