Jerk and other terms of endearment!

It's funny when you go to a listing appointment prepared to explain to potential clients the benefits and the drawbacks to their home you end up walking away puzzled. Why you ask? It is simple, any constructive criticism which we are taught to accept early in life is forgotten, and seen as a personal attack! The hardest part to translate is that "I am your partner" in the sale of your home! "Oh sure you are, you just told me how the centerpiece on my dining room has to be stored out of the sight of potential buyers" said a potential client during my listing appointment. Alright perhaps stored was a hard word to use when the centerpiece constructed by the hands of her Son consisted of approximately 10,563,837 toothpicks and 490 pads of construction paper (cut into strips...neat!) and resembled the paper-mache buildings crushed with reckless abandon by Godzilla in his movies! Yes I admit to watching the bad films but lets not get off track. My goal is to sell your home and albeit tough to hear that "Billy's" project must be put in storage I do it because I care.

It amazes me how much space one can create with removing certain items and moving some furniture around. Constructive criticism is hard to accept, I was a seller myself not long ago and have vivid recollections of comments offered by our realtor. But lets face the facts, when you want to sell you will stop at nothing to make your home stand-out from all the rest and the counsel of your realtor is only because he is on "your" team! It pays off in the long run when you find yourself on closing day at the big table at the title agency trying to get a look at the buyers across the way but your view is obstructed by an expensive centerpiece ("Do not touch" stated on an engraved brass sign) constructed of 10,563,837 toothpicks and 490 pads of construction paper........."jerk!"