Real Estate Reality

Pardon My Dust.
Tuesday is the day Realtors hold broker’s open house. This is when new listings are held open for real
estate agents to preview newly listed homes and see what’s new on the market. And, on a recent
Tuesday, I went out and previewed five homes and I returned from my travels sorely depressed. Every
home that I had seen was gross. I mean that. Dirty, as in tumbleweeds of cat fur rolling through the
kitchen, as in science experiments growing in the bathroom, as in dog footprints on the walls, furniture,
appliances, and every conceivable surface, as in light switches I would never touch, (please keep in mind
I am a former chef and am not afraid to touch anything), as in what are these people thinking!


Question: “Who wants to make probably the largest purchase of their lives and buy your dirt?”


Answer: “NO ONE!”


In selling a home clean means clean, not, better than it was. You want your home to be that breath of
fresh air,(plug in fresheners and stinky candles are not part of this equation as they can make people
nauseous and give them headaches ) so people will enjoy visiting your home. It is far easier to see past
that turquoise textured paint in the dining room than to see through a widow that has not been touched
for years. Get it? All right then.


Cleanliness may not be next to godliness but it’s a darn sight better than what I regularly encounter out
in the wild world of real estate.

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Volume 6, Issue 22, Posted 8:20 AM, 11.04.2010