Your House Goes on the Market
Kathy Riggs June 7th, 2009
After a few days away from the office – but not from real estate – it’s time for the Sunday evening Attitude Adjustment Period. That’s a name I once gave to late Sunday evening when I transitioned from the weekend and prepared for the upcoming work week…and how am I doing that? I’m blogging a few hours early…
It’s time to begin the real estate journey with the seller.
People sell their homes for any number of reasons. Families grow and more space is needed. People change jobs and need to relocate; empty nesters decide it is time to scale down and make life more simple. Adult children are sometimes left with the task of selling their parents’ home – often their childhood home. Regardless of whether you are the buyer or the seller, purchasing or selling a home takes people on an emotional roller coaster.
So when it’s time to put your home on the market, there is one thing the seller needs to accept – the buyer is not emotionally attached to your home. To the buyer your home is a house and it may not be the only house they are considering. Forget looking at the mantle where the Christmas stockings were hung and remembering your holiday meals in the dining room. The buyer is inspecting the house to see if it will work for them. The memories associated with your home may be priceless to you..but to the buyer they have no value. As a seller, to get the best dollar for your house, it helps to take a look at your home through a buyer’s eyes. This is one reason you need a Realtor’s sign in your front yard – not a FSBO. Ask your Realtor how your house competes with others on the market. And don’t be offended by his or her comments. Realtors are in the market everyday and if it has been years since you bought or sold a house, you may be clueless as to what today’s buyer wants.
When your house is on the market, it is not your home, it is a product and it must compete with the other merchandise. Sellers, keep that in mind and work with your Realtor to help your home make its best presentation. When it does sell, you leave the bricks and mortar. You take your memories with you.
on the lighter side
Your home is your castle…when you pay the taxes.
SHAMELESS PLUG
If you are ready to put your house on the market call me at 252-939-2432 or email me at kriggs@kathyriggs.com
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