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Getting Advice From Your Real Estate Agent and Putting It Into Action
Getting Advice From Your Real Estate Agent and Putting It Into Action
Meeting with home owners who want to sell can be unsettling for agents that may have a tendency to beat around the bush about what needs to get done to get the maximum amount of money out of the upcoming sale.  The easy part is showing the potential value to a seller.  Sellers love to hear optimistic valuations and agents love to give them.  The hard part is telling a seller how to get that, or more.  That is when you can meet resistance.  Luckily, I was not born with a fear of putting a thought out there.  I am known for being direct.
Fresh, neutral paint is something I recommend to every seller.  Even when selling my brother's home, I recommended taking the multiple color scheme and toning it down to neutral.  My brother took it as a personal insult since he loved his paint color choices and countered with, "It's not that expensive to paint.  Buyers can deal with that."
Well, buyers tend to punish beyond the cost of a paint job.  The pain-in-the-butt factor is a multiplier.  If you didn't want to do it because it was a pain, ... more

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