Okay, so I thought when I started blogging, I'd be perceived as eloquent, witty, professional, savvy, you know... everything we hope our selves to be. But not today! So here's another post of a ridiculous blunder of mine. In case you haven't figured this out, I'm a rookie real estate agent as well as a rookie blogger.
Yesterday I take out new clients, a lovely couple, to see some rentals. I've never done a rental and am not familiar with the rental inventory. The second appointment is in a multi family home. We pull up and see the sidewalk wasn't shoveled after 8 inches of snow on Friday. Now the sidewalk and steps are covered in icy, trampled snow. So glad I wore my cute suede pumps. Anyway we scale the steps and find our way inside. Of course there are no numbers on the doors, so we correctly guess the right apartment. Once inside the roomy foyer housing the refrigerator, we peek around the 1 bedroom listing. It is clear someone is in the process of moving out and cleaning. The halls are wide and the kitchen is large. The bathroom had seen better days (not to mention cleaner) and the bedrooms were average. Here's what threw me... there are 2 bedrooms both with closets with organizers in them. I check my listing sheet and see it's a 1 bedroom. We are all confused, so I call the listing agent and I talk with her. I tell her it's listed as a 1 bedroom but there are 2. She told me one of those is the living room!
Fine, I'm an idiot who clearly cannot tell a living room from a bedroom. This was the first living room I've seen with an organized closet and a door. So I put this ridiculous story out to fellow Realtors, even if you have a rental, take the time to stage it! Don't let potential buyers or renters or Realtors have to wonder what the space is for and how to use it. Stage it to sell it!
At the end of the day, my lovely couple chose not to rent this particular property, but another charming apartment with a shoveled sidewalk and a true living room.
Perhaps my next story will paint me in a more positive light!
Be well.
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