[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by geri317

My home, which is for sale, backs up to Odell. The house has been on the market almost three months. Everyone who sees it loves it as it is a beautiful home with so many features. The one drawback for buyers is that it backs up to a street. We chose a street because we didn't want someone's lanai in our backyard. We landscaped the back and cannot see the street from our glassed enclosed lanai. I never dreamed we would have a problem selling it. Hopefully someone will come along who would prefer a street to a VERY close neighbor!

You have a wonderful opportunity to turn a potential negative feature into a positive. Privacy/no cigar smoke/beautiful landscaping/no barechested old fart running around right outside your lanai.

However, don't count on your realtor being able to do this properly. Stay home and do it yourself. Most real estate agents cannot transform an objection into positive feature.