Feedback

If you’ve ever tried to sell your home you know how much of an endeavor it can be. The struggle to keep everything neat and clean while still working, chasing kids and living your hectic life. The worry of having everything just right. The wonder of when will it sell and where will you go. I feel your pain.

Showings can be daunting and worrisome. Strangers wandering through your house. Wondering what they thought. Hoping for feedback. Feedback. Everyone wants feedback. As if whatever that one person says will bring some kind of revelation. As if they know, think, feel something that will shed some light that will change everything and make it sell faster.
Or is it just comfort in hearing something? Does knowing that they “like” it but don’t want it somehow feel ok?

I agree that sometimes feedback can be welcome and maybe even helpful. Confirming your thoughts, your agent’s advice. But forcing an agent to come up with something definitely is not. I always try to offer my thoughts to fellow agents and their sellers. The price is a bit too high- but they probably knew that. The fluorescent green den is painful- surely they knew that. But sometimes there isn’t anything more than “it’s a nice house. It just isn’t right for my clients”.

Here is a revelation. If you hear “the colors threw them off” or “they liked the house but felt the price is too high” -listen. This is what you have been asking for. This is what your agent has worked hard to get for you. It’s your job to correct what you can, when you can.

The most important aspect of selling, or buying for that matter, could be- Be Realistic. Yes, you can try to get whatever you want, but you must be willing to suffer the consequences. If you want to “test the market” and price high, you must be willing for it to take much longer to sell your home. If you want to enjoy your bold colors or just don’t want to repaint, you must be able to accept that some won’t be able to see past it. And you should understand that sometimes there just isn’t anything to say.