Selling the Nest

Selling your house is so much work, that in the process of selling it, you can easily lose sight of the reason you are subjecting yourself to the turmoil and work. This is dangerous, as when you lose sight of the objective its easy to get discouraged and exhausted. Having a dream in sight, like traveling, really helps keep the focus. Especially when your life's belongings are bulging at the seams and the job of putting everything into storage seems a bit like stuffing a large sleeping bag into a small bag.

Staging is the key to selling. Remember when you were selling your tricycle and you washed it and put new streamers on the handlebars? This brought out all the kids in the local bike market and got you a quick sale. Sameo, sameo for selling your house. Clean it, clear it, and fix it, was our mantra. We were so proud of our emerging prize. Then our realtor brought in the staging pro and we learned that clear it meant disembowl it. When they got done, we had to admit it looked better then we had imagined. Its amazing what filling a storage unit to the ceiling can do for your home.

And the proof of the pudding was two (2) full priced offers on the first day! Who said the housing market was depressed with 11 months inventory of homes in our price range? A young family with two young children had found their dream home and we were suddenly free! All this by April Fool's Day.