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["Matt Pusateri" <mpusateri AT wickedtrails.com>]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 11:30 am, childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov said:
> well, if it's not selling, and you are advertising it, I would ask,
> WHY
> is it not selling? Do you have lookers who then never make an offer?
> Or
> do you not even get those?
>
> Might be the agent! - if you are with the same agent for more than six
> months with no offers, I suggest changing companies. Agents tend to
> work
> harder on their newer properties, I think.
> Might be the house! - clean it up if it's at all dirty, add or remove
> some furniture to give lookers an idea of what they can do with it,
> maybe even hire a designer to spiff it up.
> Might be the yard!  - plant some flowers or get some in pots for more
> curb appeal, pressure-wash it if needed, make sure the grass stays
> mowed
> and the exterior looks well-kept.
> Might be the neighborhood! - what are other houses in your area
> selling
> for? Or are they selling at all?
> Might be the price! - are you asking more than market price, expecting
> you'll take lower offers? don't - many first-time home buyers don't
> realize they can offer less.  Are you asking market price in a glutted
> market? - bite it and ask for less, or be prepared to wait.  Are you
> asking way LESS than market price? - don't, oddly enough some people
> see
> this as the sign of a problem house, even if that's not true.
>
> It's all a big game. Good luck.


I hate to add this, but I know of houses that were not selling, so
they raised the price and the house sold in days.  The point being
raising the price from 175K to 190K put the house in a different price
scale, so it got hit on more when people did searches.  B/C of this it
sold and the people made more money.  Now don't get me wrong, I am not
a fan of over paying or over inflating prices.  It's just an example
of how changing the price ended up putting the house in a different
search bracket and because of that it sold.

It sounds like the house has alot of what I'm looking for, except for
location, it's on the wrong side of town :(

Matt Pusateri