This post is the 3rd in my summer long series (I know, it’s not summer yet, in fact it doesn’t even feel remotely like summer these days in CO unfortunately) about why your house isn’t selling. And it won’t be the typical “you should mow your lawn, please” advice because you can get that anywhere on the Internet, or from any real estate professional. I’m going to give you what you won’t get anywhere else; the hard truth. So welcome to “Why your house isn’t selling: The Ugly Truth.” Once a week, throughout the summer, every Tuesday, I’m going to tell you why your house isn’t selling and it won’t be pretty. You may think I’m crabby and sometimes I am; you may think I’m mean but this series isn’t about being nice, it’s about telling you in a straightforward way why your house isn’t selling. Consider that a lot of folks will tell you what you want to hear – I’m going to tell you the truth even if it’s ugly.
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If you don’t have tons of pictures – GREAT pictures published on the MLS, the wide variety of other home sale sites on the Internet such as Zillow.com, and on your home’s personal website that your agent should have put together for you, then the competition (and that’s exactly what it is – a competition) to sell your house will become a lot more difficult than it has to be.
I want to scream every time I’m looking for properties on the MLS for buyers and I see the agent has only put up 1 or 2 pictures, or put up horrible pictures of toilets, and cupboards, and fireplaces. One of these days I really am going to snap and call up these agents and ask, “Are you trying to sabotage your client or what?”
Buyers like to see your house and picture themselves living in it before they pull up to the front door. They want to see pictures of everything. If your agent doesn’t have as many great pictures as possible, posted all over the Internet, demand that they do so. Today.
photo credit: abstract duck
