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Hey, everyone I just want to take a few minutes to discuss with you about when it comes to selling your home, you don’t want to make the emotional part of selling your home affect the process of getting the home sold. And what I mean is, you know, you may have lived in this home for 18-20 years and became really attached to the home, and you know, you need to sell your home, but you’re viewing it in terms of your memories and everything that comes along with that. And when it comes to selling it, you want to change your mindset on what’s going on here.
You want to look at this as a piece of property versus a home and make logical and reasonable justifications on how things are going to go. For example, some buyers may think that your home is way overpriced, and you think that the value is really there. Not because of what the comparables are saying or what an appraiser has said about the home, but because of how you feel about your home, which can get in the way of getting your home sold.
If you think the home is worth 500,000, but the comparables are showing that it’s only worth $400k, it’s a big gap there. Other things are what the home looks like. You may say, “well, I really love this red paint, and I think therefore it’s worth more or I like the carpet, and I don’t know why people don’t like carpet.” And if you’re choosing your realtor, (if you hired a realtor) to help you determine what you should leave in the home, what you should clean out and what needs to be done to get it sold, they’re not trying to offend you, they’re really just trying to get you to understand how a buyer and how most buyers will see the home and what’s going to help them decide to choose your home over someone else’s.
So if they’re saying that you may want to paint the walls white instead of leaving them green to attract the right buyer or stage it or remove certain things or different details to get it sold. You don’t want to be so emotional about it, which it can be hard to do, especially if you’ve lived in the home for a very long time. But it’s a very important thing.
So that way you can get it sold and it can get sold effectively and efficiently without having that be a barrier within the transaction.
So I hope this video was helpful. If you have any questions, leave a comment below, or you can email me at [email protected]. All right, thanks. Have a good one. Bye.
This has been “How Do I Stop Being Emotionally Attached To My House?” by Patrice Henderson of Designed Living Real Estate. Be sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel for all your real estate tips, home tours and advice. Get your FREE listing consultation here or buyer’s consultation here or learn more about the home selling process with our home seller tips.