There are plenty of experts who offer tips on how to sell real estate. But what if you place your home for sale, but don’t actually want to sell it? Some “sellers” don’t really want their homes to sell, here are some of the steps they implement.
- Make it hard to have your home shown. Most buyers prefer walking through a home before they buy it. The best way to do this is to not hire a Realtor, but instead have your home for sale by owner. Then, never answer the phone when people call for more information. If you don’t answer the phone, they can’t see your home, and if they can’t see it, they won’t buy it.
- Make Your Home the Most Expensive — Almost everyone goes online to search Kennesaw Georgia homes for sale. If your home is more expensive than other homes buyers will consider.
- No Online Pictures – A picture is worth a thousand words. They want to see as much of the house as possible online, to give them an idea of if they should even bother arranging a showing. If your house doesn’t have any online pictures, potential buyers won’t even realize that its actually listed at all.
- Keep Your Home Stuffy and Stinky — Foul smells can turn Tooele Real Estate buyers off faster than anything else. The toxic smells created by cats who don’t use litter boxes are powerful enough to scare away most would be buyers. If the smell is apalling enough, lookers will turn away as soon as they open the front door.
- Keep Your Home Cluttered and Messy – If your home has a great floor plan, you can totally detract from this by having stuff, especially garbage, everywhere. Lots of clutter draws attention away from your homes selling points. Potential buyers will be so distracted by all of your stuff, they will completely ignore the positive features. Their thoughts will be completely distracted wondering how anyone could live in such a messy house.
- Break Things – Buyers don’t usually like to fix things that are already broken. As buyers see obvious defects caused by negected maintence, they are able to reason that many unseen items have also experienced serious neglect. One way to help detract this is to make sure there are plenty of broken items buyers will notice while viewing your home. Some easily noticed broken items include, broken windows, leaky toilets, holes in the wall, ripped carpet, and doors that won’t open and close.
- Implement Negative Curb Appeal — It’s always best to start the showing experience off poorly. The simplest way to create a bad first impression is with negative curb appeal. Don’t mow, trim, or edge your lawn, but do consider including attractive dandelions. Let weeds overtake all planters and garden areas, and don’t have any flowers. Make sure that the outside paint, doors, and trim look beat up. Unsightly chipped paint, preferably on older houses, is a great way to scare off those who fear lead poisoning.To really help set that bad first impression, jam the front door so it is really hard to get open.
By following these seven steps, you can guarantee that your house will never sell, even in this rough buyers market.
Comments on this entry are closed.