Boomer and SS

There is one thing that you are forgetting regarding the sale of a home.....

a lucky penny !!!!!!!

You see....I have used some of your ideas like the one "House for sale soon" - which really works. We had some activity while we were preparing the house for sale. Our realtor really liked the idea also.

We also buried St. Joe and spoke to him on a daily basis. My neighbors think I am strange....but boy he really works. Or was that the penny!!!!

We have had a few lookers, some open houses and some return of lookers.

We have lowered our price, and offered to help with the closing costs.

Well, it worked. We went into the "talk" mode for a week. Back and forth like a yoyo. I was determined not to lose this buyer. I need to move to TV.
So while we waited for the prosceptive (sp) buyer to make another offer, I went shopping. While we were out, my friend stops and picks up a penny. It is tails up. She passes it to me and I ask her " what would you like me to do with this?" she replies " this is a lucky penny...when you see one tails down , pick it up and give it to someone heads up and they will have luck"


OK I will bite on this one....I put the penny in my pocket and continue shopping. One hour later, our realtor calls and guess what -----we now have a purchase and sales agreement.


So SS , when I receive the word that we have a closing date, I will let you know and send you my lucky penny ( unless you get one before that)....

Holy Smokes!!
 

I never thought of a lucky penny!?!? :shrug: What an excellent idea!! Thanks JoannP and everyone else for their great ideas today. Congratulations Joann thats great news!! :pepper2:

SS,

I know you asked Halle and not me. But I am delaying getting some work done around here so I thought I would throw in my opinion anyway on what the virtual tour shows.

Your home and yard are lovely and truly immaculate. I have a vague idea of your area and it is really nice, too. I have been in Plymouth.

Re. the virtual tour photos, the opening picture I got was of the trees without leaves. Once I opened the tour I was greeted by that glorious green yard. Beautiful trees in full leaf. Can you change the opening picture easily? Spring in Michigan is beautiful. I would capture that for the first impression. You have some beautiful pictures there. I would put one with green everywhere on the opener. Not only is green so welcoming, but it makes the listing look more current than showing winter still.

Have you considered that if you get close to a deal, that nice television thrown in could help.

.......and Joann, I am so glad to hear that my "For Sale Soon" sign was a hit. It really did work on the last house I sold FSBO for someone else. It created a little urgency and actually was what brought the buyer.

Good luck to all of you.

Boomer

Selling Your House
 

Over the years I have taken pictures of our yard and gardens, etc. at different times of the year for my own purposes-to see what is in bloom, when, etc. Also the different seasons to see the leaves and the winter landscape. Since our house has been for sale, my husband loaded these pictures onto something that can be shown on our 40" TV in the living room. The prospective buyers see a slide show while they are touring the house. The real estate agent thought it was greate , since when the house went on the market May 1st the landscape was still gray and nothing was in bloom, not even leaves on the trees. It can't hurt

house photos
 

We put together a photo album for buyers showing scenes of the house being built and our backyard and stream during the seasons. We have been told that it is very well recieved. Good luck and keep the faith. As my realtor says, it only takes one buyer.

Thank you all for your help. Boomer - the winter photo is only on the moveinmichigan.com website. All the other websites that we are listed on have the updated photo. I don't know why this website won't change the photo on the listing!

Yesterday a woman drove up to the house while my husband was mowing the lawn. I think she was a little embarrassed to be caught snooping, but she got out of her car anyway. She said that her son came to look at the house a few days ago, and she was passing by and thought she would take a peek at the house and yard. She stayed for 5 minutes or so chatting with us. Our realtor called later to tell us that the couple that came to look at the house on Wednesday are very interested, and she thinks we might have an offer by the weekend. We are starting to get our hopes up again! :pepper2:

Oh SS -

How the time moves slowly when you want things to happen. It is like being 8 again and waiting for your birthday in 6, 5 4 3 .... days.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Your home is beautiful and that young couple would be very fortunate to live there. I can picture children running and jumping and running through the sprinkler on a summer's day...

Best of luck


Kate

SS,

Wishing you tons of good luck with your recent showing. I can feel your excitement. Its hard to stay calm and not get hopes up when you hear news like this!!! :MOJE_whot:

I just had a look at your listing. Looks like a beautiful spot. As a former real estate broker for 20 years, I want to compliment you on getting rid of your personal stuff. Your home looks like no-one lives there ... and that is exactly the way you want it to look. Like a model home.

I agree with Halle. Buyers are distracted by clutter, personal photos, figurines everywhere, trinkets and trash. People would always say to me "If they don't like our stuff, they don't have to buy our house". And then they would be frustrated and unhappy when their house didn't sell. People aren't buying your personality, put your personal stuff in storage!

Neutral houses in move-in condition sell.

Good luck with the couple that came on Wednesday .. hope you get an offer!

I did reply to SS in a PM and hopefully she will not need to make any of the changes I recommended.

Unfortunately Sellers look at their house and see all the work they have done to get it ready for sale and Buyers look at a house and see all the work that still needs to be done. I agree with Barefoot many times Sellers don't want to hear what we have to say about the home that they love, but business is business and you must be able to detach your self emotionally.

Well, we just heard back from our realtor and they are writing an offer. She told us we should have the offer in hand by Sunday afternoon! Oh, pleeeease let it be a good offer!!!!:pepper2::pepper2::pepper2:

SS,

I am soooo happy for you! Good luck and keep us posted! :pepper2: yaaaaa!!!!

Wow!!!!
 

That's great news SS!!! :pepper2: I am so happy for you!!
You certainly deserve to celebrate this weekend. So put the broom down and the polish away and relax!! :beer3:
Jeanne:coolsmiley:

Just heard back from our real estate office, and we have showing #50 on Sunday from 12 to 1 pm. This is a completely different couple coming to see the house from the one that is writing the offer on Sunday! Told our realtor to let them know that there is another showing happening while they are writing their offer. Maybe they will make it a good one!!!!:pepper2:

Wow SS you are full of good news today!! :pepper2:
That would be great if they went into a bidding war!! :coolsmiley:
I hope at 50 this will be your last showing and get a great offer!!