{"id":798,"date":"2014-01-26T18:13:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/?p=798"},"modified":"2014-01-26T18:15:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T18:15:24","slug":"biggest-home-seller-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/biggest-home-seller-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest home seller mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0<\/strong>1-26-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rain Silverhawk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keller Williams Sandpoint<\/strong><\/p>\n

208-610-0011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rain@lakeandhomes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.northidahosandpoint.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BIGGEST HOME SELLER MISTAKES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Survey of 1,000 Real Estate Agents Reveals the Top Six Ways to Sabotage the Sale of Your Home<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sandpoint, ID:\u00a0<\/strong>The most common reasons that a house will not sell in a good market are often well within the control of the home seller according to a recent survey by the ActiveRain online real estate community. In a poll of over 1,000 real estate agents, it was revealed that the top six ways home sellers turn potential home buyers away are:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a01. \u00a0\u00a0The home is overpriced<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a02. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0It is difficult to set a showing time<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a03. \u00a0\u00a0The seller is unwilling to depersonalize or de-clutter the home<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0 4. \u00a0Unpleasant odors<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a05. \u00a0\u00a0The seller is unwilling to negotiate with buyers<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a05. \u00a0\u00a0The seller refuses to make repairs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Rain Silverhawk, a local REALTOR\u00ae with\u00a0Keller Williams Sandpoint, confirms that these same findings hold true for homes in the\u00a0North Idaho region. \u201cIt is up to the agent to educate the seller on aspects of the home selling process that can instantly turn off a potential buyer,\u201d stated\u00a0Rain Silverhawk. \u201cHowever, some sellers get on the defensive when you point out pets, odors, and housekeeping, so it is a very fine line to walk!\u201d<\/p>\n

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    \u201cWhen we place our homes on the market we want them sold quickly and for top price.\u00a0 Paying attention to those things that can affect the sale is of the utmost importance. Buyers follow through the whole home buying process like detectives on a case deducing that if they find one thing wrong that it leads to many more hidden problems. \u00a0Most of us live in our homes and they are typically not showroom perfect.\u00a0 I feel it is important to share the stumbling blocks with my sellers. It is much better to tell my sellers that the cat box smells than to have a whole group of buyers remember it only as the stinky house that must have a lot of maintenance problems if they didn\u2019t change the cat box regularly\u201d.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI wish stories like this weren\u2019t common in my line of work. A good real estate agent spends plenty of time with their sellers before their house ever goes on the market to avoid these expensive mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Infographic: Biggest Home Seller Mistakes<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.activerain.com\/seller-mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n

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    About Rain Silverhawk:\u00a0<\/strong>Rain Silverhawk\u00a0is a licensed REALTOR\u00ae with\u00a0Keller Williams\u00a0in\u00a0Sandpoint Idaho\u00a0(www.northidahosandpoint.com<\/a>) and has been a member of the ActiveRain real estate community since\u00a02011.\u00a0\u00a0Rain Specializes in a large variety of properties from Short Sales, Bank owned properties to luxury waterfront estates.\u00a0 Each home listing is syndicated to almost 3000 websites, showcased with a virtual tours, advertised in feeder markets and in investor pools.\u00a0 Her aggressive marketing plan gets homes sold quickly.<\/p>\n

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    The \u201cBiggest Home Seller\u00a0 Mistakes\u201d infographic was create by ActiveRain, an online community of real estate professionals who exchange best practices, write real estate blogs, and get free education from the industry and their peers. Find the infographic at\u00a0http:\/\/www.activerain.com\/seller-mistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a01-26-2014 \u00a0 Rain Silverhawk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keller Williams Sandpoint 208-610-0011 Rain@lakeandhomes.com http:\/\/www.northidahosandpoint.com \u00a0 \u00a0 BIGGEST HOME SELLER MISTAKES Survey of 1,000 Real Estate Agents Reveals the Top Six Ways to Sabotage the Sale of Your Home   Sandpoint, ID:\u00a0The most common reasons that a house will not sell in a good market are often well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,131,5,54],"tags":[238,10,237,104,236],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-rain","category-keller-williams-2","category-real-estate-articles","category-real-estate-for-sale","tag-home-selling","tag-idaho","tag-listings","tag-rain-silverhawk","tag-seller-mistakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}