Thanks! We are not sure yet but it sure will be fun figuring it out :)

Huge load! Thanks!

Jerry and Kim, I know you are happy. I have been looking at your blog to keep posted on the house sale. We hope to see you on the road in a few years.

James

Congrats!  No luck here on selling.  So far, not one lookie-loo.  I have a feeling the realtors aren't in a hurry to show it because we did not stage it.  The house is neat, not crammed, fresh paint etc.  It is in the country, but close to the local AFB.  Hopefully someone will see it on the internet and ask to see it so someone has to show it.  But I don't think a realtor is mentioning it when people come looking.

We've heard of the bonus idea.  After the comments from the realtor walk-thru' we are considering that option.  A couple of realtors liked it.  Their comments were very positive.  But most have the buying public so brain washed that if the house doesn't look like a model with unrealistic furniture and accessories, that whom ever is looking can not see the house for the floor plan and if it would work for them.  The only thing they push is "Is it staged".   Yes, the house looks lived in...we're still here and it isn't a model.  Hubby is a retired organist so we do have a small, but full sized organ in the living room.  Looks pretty good since the room isn't crammed with anything else except a couple of chairs.  All but the 2 who liked the house said it had to go.  Where in the world we are going to move it is beyond me before it is sold!  The price is right where it should be and it gives us a bit of lee way for offers.

When we get our coach, we'll start moving into it, then clean out the house.  So before too long, it will be vacant except for the organ and that heavy thing stays put until it is sold or we have to finally pay to have it moved to a storage facility, which we'd rather not do.

Thanks James and Cindy. We hope to see you two in the future too!

Thanks Sue.

It has been a rollercoaster of a ride for us here. We started out with one realtor, its one of those situations were I should have listened to my wife in the first place but hey I am a guy and this realtor is friend of my frineds. Big mistake! we wasted three months with him (he was not that experienced, did not like to do open houses and I would have to honestly say a little lazy). Ok, lesson learned, so we hooked up with a realtor that was the selling agent on our house when we bought and she lives in the neighberhood and has been in the game for over 18 years. She sat us down and explained EVERYTHING that we needed to know to sell the house. She had open houses all the time (which we love since that is how we bought our house), had two realtor tours and is very proactive in marketing & networking! A month and half later we had two cash offers on the table. 

Sorry for the rambling but I wanted to say that with the first realtor we tried the cash incentive for our house with $5,000 to any realtor that brought in a full price offer. That is also when we had the house priced rather high though. Nothing happened. My 2¢ to you to maybe help with your house is to think really hard about getting rid of the organ. For someone walking into that room and that is what they see (even though its nice) it is will stick in their mind and probably cloud their decision about your house. Yes, we all know that it is going to be moved when the house sells but a lot of people out there just see past things. We really stripped our house down to the bare bones (sure makes it hard to live in though). Just my 2¢ :)

Good luck with your house Sue!

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And good luck to you Ron & Joan (sounds like you have a pretty good person working for you!)

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 We think so!  The realty office just called and we have our first showing this afternoon!

Congrats Jerry!  Such a great feeling to get that big obstacle out of the way.

Sue, We lived in our old 30 ft 5er after getting rid of almost everything in the house.  Left a couple of chairs and the TV in the living room, the bed and dresser in the bedroom and a bed in each of the other bedrooms.  Small table and chairs in the dining and practically nothing in the kitchen.  Nothing in the closets.  I think it really helped that it looked already moved out of.  We just kept the 5er in the driveway and stayed in it while it was showing.  We were very lucky and sold in a week.  We had an excellent realtor that did her homework and we had it priced just right with comparables.   Good Luck.  We'll all be happy to hear when you sell, so let us know when you get the good news!

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Two lessons learned here:
1. This is strictly a business transaction only.
2. Do not get excited until the COE and the check clears the bank.

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 I was in sales most of my life and lost countless sales that I thought were definitely in the bag.  I came to realize that I never really lost anything when that happened because in reality I never really had the sale to begin with!  It sucks to get your hopes though and I can sure relate!  We held our breath all the way to closing and really didn't relax until we had the check in our hands. Hope you find another buyer soon!

Just when you think things can't get any worse!  What a horrible event.  Let us know your outcome and thanks for the heads up.

So far no lookers as of the past 4 weeks, but the last week we saw the internet activity pick up.  So...here's hoping someone might want to come look at it.  Our realtor says activity is picking up in town...now doesn't someone need horse property???