11 WAYS TO SABOTAGE YOUR HOME SALE
If you really don't want to sell your home, here are 11 things that you can do to sabotage the sale based on our experience working with buyers and sellers.
1. Don't clean up the yard, trim shrubs or mow the lawn. Who cares about curb appeal?
2. Have a battered, beaten and dirty front door. Have a doorbell with the electrical wires hanging out.
3. Don't repair cracked plaster, loose boards or other unsightly features.
4. Don't clean your house. Have a dirty kitchen and bathrooms. Display dirty towels and dirty area rugs. Isn't dirty "in?"
5. Have clutter all around. I once showed a home where the owner loved dolls and had about a thousand dolls displayed around the house. The buyers couldn't really see the interior, except for a glimpse at the windows!
6. Don't let your Realtor use a secure lockbox with a key to your house. You don't want it easily shown, do you?
7. Don't put a working key in the lockbox. I once showed a home to buyers where the key looked partially broken. Sure enough, I stuck the key into the lock and it broke off. Luckily I had my handy-dandy tool kit in my car and pulled out the key with a pair of pliers.
8. Don't replace burnt out light bulbs. Don't have any light bulbs in fixtures so that the buyers can't see what your house looks like.
9. Let Fido and Kitty run freely. Have muddy doggy prints and nose marks on the sliding glass doors inside and out.
10. Bring home a skunk and scare the odor out of it! That will be a hit when the buyers visit/smell your house!
11. Price your home so much over the market that it will be impossible to sell at that price.
Selling your home is a lot of work, but it is worth the effort! Our objective is to sell your home for the highest price in the least amount of time. Your bank account will thank you when your home is sparkling clean, priced right and easily available to show.
We are experienced Realtors who love to help people acquire or sell their homes. We are specialists in the Southeast Valley of Phoenix: Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek, Scottsdale and Apache Junction. We offer a free market analysis of your home if you are thinking of selling. Visit us at our website, www.PhoenixRealEstateForYou.com, for additional information, or call us at 602-363-8581.
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