Monday, August 9, 2010
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Showing Your Home While Keeping Your Privacy In Tact
Showing Your Home While Keeping Your Privacy In Tact
Make no mistake about it, home buyers will open nearly every closet and cabinet within your home. In fact, you want to encourage buyers to move and touch things within your home, but you should also learn how to keep your private information hidden during an open house.
Any part of your home that will remain after the sale, is open for investigation. This means that built in cabinet drawers; dining room china cabinets (that will be sold with the house); and bathroom medicine cabinets are all beckoning buyers to snoop around. Well, technically, they aren’t snooping if they simply want to see how large a piece of furniture is, but you should still avoid leaving things such as comparative market analyses laying inside of a drawer. In fact, you should keep all personal information fairly well hidden at all times.
Never leave opened mail strewn throughout your house. Just imagine what sort of offer a buyer might propose if they see a stack of credit card bills awaiting payment. Buyers may also note letters from the IRS; mortgage payment notices; or anything else that may put you in a compromising position.
While most home owners leave mail stacked on the kitchen counter, place your mail safely inside of a desk drawer, and make sure that the drawer cannot be opened. When it comes to other personal items, make sure that you disguise them as well.
Believe it or not, a diploma or wedding photograph should not be kept on the wall. Why? Well, certain buyers will apply instant biases depending upon what sort of information they find. For example, if you leave a law degree plastered on the wall, some buyers may immediately feel as though a lawyer cannot be trusted. In the same manner, if a buyer sees a recent wedding photograph, they may start to form an opinion about the type of religion that you practice. It is best to keep all personal items (even books and music) out of sight. Also, keep your closets tidy and in tact.
You may think that leaving certain clothing items hanging in your closet is not a bad idea, but make sure that the items do not say anything too personal about you. While most home owners do not think about personal items, do yourself a favor and clear out your home prior to any open house.
Make sure all personal details are hidden, and make sure that your home does not tell anyone all about your life.
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Make no mistake about it, home buyers will open nearly every closet and cabinet within your home. In fact, you want to encourage buyers to move and touch things within your home, but you should also learn how to keep your private information hidden during an open house.
Any part of your home that will remain after the sale, is open for investigation. This means that built in cabinet drawers; dining room china cabinets (that will be sold with the house); and bathroom medicine cabinets are all beckoning buyers to snoop around. Well, technically, they aren’t snooping if they simply want to see how large a piece of furniture is, but you should still avoid leaving things such as comparative market analyses laying inside of a drawer. In fact, you should keep all personal information fairly well hidden at all times.
Never leave opened mail strewn throughout your house. Just imagine what sort of offer a buyer might propose if they see a stack of credit card bills awaiting payment. Buyers may also note letters from the IRS; mortgage payment notices; or anything else that may put you in a compromising position.
While most home owners leave mail stacked on the kitchen counter, place your mail safely inside of a desk drawer, and make sure that the drawer cannot be opened. When it comes to other personal items, make sure that you disguise them as well.
Believe it or not, a diploma or wedding photograph should not be kept on the wall. Why? Well, certain buyers will apply instant biases depending upon what sort of information they find. For example, if you leave a law degree plastered on the wall, some buyers may immediately feel as though a lawyer cannot be trusted. In the same manner, if a buyer sees a recent wedding photograph, they may start to form an opinion about the type of religion that you practice. It is best to keep all personal items (even books and music) out of sight. Also, keep your closets tidy and in tact.
You may think that leaving certain clothing items hanging in your closet is not a bad idea, but make sure that the items do not say anything too personal about you. While most home owners do not think about personal items, do yourself a favor and clear out your home prior to any open house.
Make sure all personal details are hidden, and make sure that your home does not tell anyone all about your life.
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