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2.TRY ON SOME
of your property. Our superior negotiating skills ensure that to put yourself in the buyer’s shoes
we achieve the very best sales price for The first and try to think and feel how they
thing you should do doesn’t would about your house when they
require much work, but that see it for the first time.
doesn’t mean it’s an easy thing
As you head back home, pay
for everyone to do... attention to what you see as you
drive up…
Leave your house.
• How does the landscaping look?
Go for a ride, go run some errands, or • How about the exterior?
just go to work. Pretend that you have
an appointment later on to see a Now walk up to the front door
house you might want to buy...and (whatever a potential buyer will
that house is your house.
walk through
When you return home, you’re going
• Was the pathway in good shape?
to look at it through the eyes of a
• Beyond that, was it appealing?
buyer. It sounds easy enough, but it’s
• Is the front door striking or just
hard to look at your own house
blah? Or worse, is it in bad shape?
objectively.
It’s easy to get used to things that Walk inside…
might turn a buyer off. So your task is
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