[KathieI]

Gracie, totally agree.

That's exactly what my realtors had me do for my LA house. All personal effects are gone or packed already for my move to TV. Nothing on kitchen counters, etc. and almost all furniture is in the garage. People can come in and visualize where their furniture will fit, etc. Its hard to live in the house like that, but it seems to be working, there's been some action.

I too am a big fan of HGTV and have put small orchid plants in bathrooms and a vase of sunflowers in the dining room. I even went so far as to put a couple of colorful pool swimming rings in the pool to make it more inviting.

Keep your fingers crossed but I'm not in too much of a hurry, I'm putting my down payment on my new Hadley house today or tomorrow so hopefully we'll be neighbors....YEAH!!

Now I have to do some homework on the counteroffers idea. Lots of new learnings going on with this move, but its good stuff.