[sschuler1]

Well, I guess tomorrow's showing will be number 48 now instead. We had a couple come up to our house this evening and wanted to see the yard. They really liked the property and asked if it would be an imposition to see the inside of the house. So we took them around! They really liked the house, and it is significantly closer to work for both of them. It sounded very promising!

[JeanneBeannie]

Originally Posted by sschuler1

Showing #47 tomorrow at 12:30 pm. We have seen a few lookers in our driveway in the last few days taking a flier out of the box. The one that looked today sat staring at the house for a good ten minutes. Hopefully we will get a few more showings coming up too! I stained the decking in the backyard today, but don't have time to powerwash and stain the deck in the front. They should understand that it is the beginning of spring and that we will finish that as well. We had too many rainy days this week to get it all done. Oh, well....you can only do what you can do!!

I hope you had a good showing yesterday and today!
I had the same thing happen to me today, a realtor showed up cause he couldnt reach my realtor and just wanted to see the property. Long story short, they were very nice and they didnt live close so we showed them everything. I had been cookin up a storm all day...thank goodness I just finished cleaning up my mess lol. It seemed to go great, they were here 1 1/2 hours . But as we all know too well....we will have to see what happens .
Good luck to you and all that are trying to sell!!

[sschuler1]

Showing number 49 tonight at 6 pm! Say a prayer for us!

[ejp52]

Best of luck SS.

[JeanneBeannie]

Originally Posted by sschuler1

Showing number 49 tonight at 6 pm! Say a prayer for us!

Good luck!!!! Saying lots of prayers for you at 6 p.m.
I hope all goes well with your showing!!! Good luck!!
Jeanne

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by sschuler1

Showing number 49 tonight at 6 pm! Say a prayer for us!

Poor thing, SS. You must be getting so tired of this... Good luck, saying prayers....

[nONIE]

SS, Sending prayers your way that this is the one!!!!!!!!!!!

I can sympathize with you. These showings are getting old fast but still havant had near as many as you!

What I cant understand is the ones that come and love the place, spend hours talking to you about it, practically tell you its sold and then you never hear a word from them again!!!! Thats what we are going thru now, it sure is a big let down when you think"This is it" only to find out it isnt!

Did you bury St. Joseph???

[sunflower3630]

Best of luck, ss! Will be praying for you and will have a chat with St. Joe. Sure hope you sell and get to move to TV ASAP!!

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by sschuler1

Showing number 49 tonight at 6 pm! Say a prayer for us!

OMG sell that thing. My prayers are with you. I even satd one to St. Joseph for you.

We are at about 8 or 10.

Yoda

[nONIE]

SS,

We cant stand the suspense any longer! Did last nights showing look promising?

Your way ahead of us, we havant had a showing in quite a while!

[sschuler1]

Haven't heard anything yet about last night's showing. Still waiting to hear back from the realtor. Maybe that's a good thing? Maybe they are writing up the offer right now? That's just wishful thinking! I try not to get my hopes up anymore, because I'm getting tired of all the let downs. Yes, Nonie. We buried St. Joseph last year, and he is still in the flower garden. We have had three or four lookers that said we were in their top two, but then an offer never arrives. So yes, Nonie, I know what you are going through, and no, I don't understand it either.

[TrudyM]

I heard of a person from a real estate agent friend, who was very creative.
After seeing that make it sell or what ever it is called show on hgtv channel, she whanted to know what people where really thinking when they toured her house. As she was of course never there (they say that if you are around they get uncomfortable and don't really look). So she borrowed every tape recorder she could find from all her friends and left them all in drawers behind books etc. running just before the time for the showing. After doing this a few times she discovered that the people where distracted by her collections etc. and thought the house was small . She rented a pod put all but the bear essentials packed up including half of the stuff in her closets so they looked bigger, rearanged rooms and put a solor tube in one people thought was dark. Bingo it sold. I think this was in part a hint from my friend that I am a pack rat, and that my husbands 10,000 comics will not help sell the house when the time comes.

[Halle]

Trudy,

That is an excellent idea. When I was a Realtor in Florida we tried so hard to convince people to put their personal items out of sight and get rid of the clutter. Unfortunately some of our clients would not except our advice, they would say, "We our selling our home not our house keeping or decorating skills." In today's market with all the competition you really need to do everything possible to make your home as neutral as possible. It is a Buyers Market as we all know and you need to know what the Buyer wants. Most are looking for a home that is ready to move in with very little if any work required. Many HGTV programs offer excellent advice on getting your home ready to sell. It is a tough market but houses are still selling.

Good Luck to all of you trying to sell your homes.

[sschuler1]

Ok, Halle - since you are the expert and an impartial third party, how about you look at my listing just like you are a buyer and tell me what your objections would be? Here is the link to my listing: http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...170_1109716504

This link has the virtual tour on it: http://www.moveinmichigan.com/Search...2230FTCA0TM7VA

I really would appreciate your input. Thanks

[Boomer]

SS and all, I sure hope things work out for you soon with you home sales and moves to TV.

Sometimes I have to wonder if the owner leaving is necessary when the house is being shown. Being home and out of the way would make you available to answer any questions.

When we sold our last house, we ended up being on site and answering questions for the people who turned out to be the buyers. It just worked out that way. Although the market was good then, I still think maybe our being there at the right time for the answers helped. We did not follow them around. We were just available. I know agents do not like this usually. Ours did not mind. She knew I would be OK.

If you think it could help, you could just say that you are available for any questions and then excuse yourself and simply go out of sight and out of ear-shot. In nice weather you could just go outside. I have always wondered if not being home really helps in a deal. A live buyer will have lots of questions and may want answers right away.

Another thing is that if you have exceptionally good utilities costs, you might want to make that known. We had geothermal in our last house and that was a selling point. Some homes have great insulation. Having lower utilities costs than the competition could help you.

Boomer