Good morning, Jeff --- it's that perspective that can truly matter and can provide the best possible outcome.   And not just in real estate either.  

You mentioned good pictures. Can the pictures be too good?

Jeff, Excellent post and I like your prespective on sellers should think like buyers.. Very savvy.. This post should be featured. 

Jeff,  I often tell sellers "be the buyer" ... that applies to preparing the home as well as the disclosures.  We cannot over-disclose and a home needs to be in the best possible condition before listing it. 

Jeff Dowler Many good points and advice on selling your home. Sellers who think like buyers usually will get it done. 

This is excellent advice for all sellers, Jeff.  Sadly, too many of them have some difficulty with this exercise.

Yes, there is an importance to preparing and looking at the house "through the eyes of a homebuyer".

Jeff, I think it's important for us to rethink how we take great care with first-time buyers but make assumptions that first-time sellers know more than they really do.  Terrific post.

Jeff Dowler These are excellent tips for sellers should think like buyers.

Hi Jeff - it is certainly advantages to put yourself in the buyer's shoes.  People need help with that because after a while you stop seeing things that others see.

Jeff

When we think like a buyer . . . . we understand our buyers.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Objectivity can get clouded and the dollar is not the wipe for good vision.  Good post.  Should be Featured

Good morning Jeff.  Around here the one thing I've found which turns off the buyers is curb appeal.  Cluttered lawn, not mowed etc will cause buyers not to stop and look on the inside. 

Happy Monday Jeff Dowler,  You nailed this blog for sure.  More sellers need to think about this blog.

Jeff, your post should be featured. Every seller should read this, thinking like buyers will achieve the best outcome possible.

Very good post.  You are right about many sellers who are also buyers.  That should help them to open their eyes and do what's important but they need to know the facts going into the process.

Buyers and sellers should put themselves in each other's position. That would remove the us against them mentality.

Looks like keen minds think alike.  Congratulations on the well deserved Feature

Great article. At Brivity we use a similar concept and we really try to put care into our CRM for our users!

Jeff,

I use this frequently as well. By the time the buyer gets to the house, they know almost as much as the seller with all the data available to them today.

Rich

Excellent advice, Jeff Dowler!  I use this as well and send them a post about putting themselves in buyers' shoes.  You're right - they are typically ALSO buying and oftentimes, that helps them face reality when we remind them of that fact!

The agent sets the expectations, navigates the traveller through the ups, downs, twists and turns of a real estate transaction. Or better. Sellers told to expect offers, that you the agent have to deliver them even if told not to. To seriously consider your first offer as something special and not that lots more to come. Respect for the process is what the agent explains in being ready freddy for showings, bending over backwards to accomadate the buyers who they need to move to the next real estate space on the life game board right @jeff dowler ?

Jeff a great article on thinking and putting oneself in the position of the person you will be negotiating with once the process begins.

Hi Jeff, you make a lot of great points. For example, that sellers are often buyers at the same time, but it's amazing how they forget that role and completely change their mentality when it comes to selling their own home.

Very well done Jeff.

Great feature Jeff Dowler .  Really important points that no matter the seasoned seller, they always needs reminding.  I like to tell sellers once you decide to sell, the house is no longer yours.

I think you covered everything quite well, Jeff.  Great job!  If only the sellers can take out the emotion, then it might make selling their home a bit easier;)

You are so right!!!

If the sellers don't put themselves in buyers shoes they won't understand their home not selling fast

Hi, Jeff!  This post is included in Last Week's Favorites.  Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Great post, Jeff.  Conversely, when buyer's agent present an offer to the sellers and their agent, they need to be thinking like the seller.  All anyone cares about is what's in it for them... whichever side they happen to be on.  Merry Christmas!

As the prices have reached a plateau since 2015, home owners who got away from not perfect homes are learning about why their homes do not sell.  Now we got this interest hike affordability concerns.... It will quickly change to buyers market soon....

Came to your post via Patricia's list of best of last week, congrats.  Nice post.

Excellent article, thank you.

Great, great article. Bookmarked so I always have it to refer to.