Agents: Give Your Buyers the Goldilocks Treatment
If Goldie needs to see 100 homes before she buys the 101st, then you patiently arrange for her to see 100 homes.
Suspend Your Shoes-Off Rule When Showing Your House
Asking people to take their shoes off is off-putting, inconvenient, truly unnecessary and unsightly. (Nothing says “welcome” like a big pile of stinky shoes scattered around the foyer.) And you want you buyers to feel at ease, not vulnerable!
Make Your Agent Your BFF
When buyers and sellers are less than forthcoming, the results can be less than ideal.
Remove all Traces of Human Use when Showing a Home
What the new homeowner decides to do with your old house doesn’t really matter.
Who's Your Biggest Fan?
"Your psychotherapist will (hopefully) listen for 50 minutes once a week. But the list of folks who’ll put up with your prattling stops there. Except for your Realtor."
Blessings Not In Disguise
The essential problem with off-market sales is that...somebody feels like something was unfair.
"Must Haves" You Might Not Need
You don’t need an ensuite bathroom. You can accomplish everything you need to accomplish in a bathroom located in a hallway. Put a lock on the door if privacy is a concern.
What Stagers Wish You Knew
Staging is akin to hiring a Fairy Godmother to transform a mushroom into a mansion.
