Updated House WWYD

[nsuhomer]

Recap: We were unhappy with the performance of our Realtor. We were considering firing her and finding a new agent or selling ourselves.

We ended up firing our agent and interviewed a bunch of other agents. This weekend we decided to sell it ourselves. Our thought process was that the house wasn't being 'sold', just showed. We are both good people people/sales people and wanted the opportunity to talk to buyers/their agents. DH does photography professionally as part of his advertising agency, so he took some new photos. We followed everyone's advice to put artwork, etc, back up. We put it on MLS yesterday morning, had two showings by the afternoon and two more scheduled for today. This morning we got offers from both of yesterdays buyers! So, fingers crossed that the rest of the process goes smoothly!

Also, we kept the nursery as is (didn't paint/remove popouts or murals). Both of the prospective buyers have one kiddo with another on the way and they LOVE the nursery, so yippee!

Thanks for all your help ladies!

[soozy87]

Awesome! Good for you guys!

[sometimesrunner]

Wow! That's great news! Sounds like you definitely made the right decision.

[elcjet]

That's great! Hope it continues to go well-- I would love to sell my house on my own. I love hearing when it works for others.

[KaraOrNot]

That is awesome! I want to see the new pics...I loved your house!

[barney96]

I was hoping you would update! Congrats!!!

[boiler717]

Great news!

[nsuhomer]

Thanks ladies!

Elcjet - I think what is really working in our favor is that we made a website. We put a bunch of pictures/description, but also made a page of great stuff nearby. Like: 7 minutes to Churn, a locally sourced, organic ice cream shop. 2 farmers markets within a ten minute drive. etc. I think it really helped to give a feel of not just the house, but the neighborhood and day to day life in the area.

I am super excited. It feels good to be in control of the situation as opposed to hoping somebody likes it and makes an offer, etc.

[jerseyjaybird]

Outstanding----good for you!

[goaskalice]

I'm glad it worked out for you! Sorry you had to go through the bs to get to an offer.