Psst . . . Don’t Tell Anyone!
June 2, 2009 2 Comments
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When I first got into the real estate business year’s ago, occasionally I would run into a seller that told me to sell their home quickly at the highest price but with some of the following caveats:
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“Don’t put a sign on my front lawn. I don’t want my neighbors to know that I’m selling.”
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“Don’t put my home in the MLS. I want to keep the sale of my house as private as possible.”
My response was always the same; “Are you out of your mind?” Actually, I conveyed my message a little differently but the point was always the same; “Mr. & Mrs. Seller, in order for me to get your home sold in the shortest period of time at the highest price, I need all the tools available to me. That includes . . . . “ At the end of the day, I would get the listing, use all the tools and eventually sell the home.
I can understand this line of reasoning from a seller (hmmm – not really) but from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), I’m floored!
