I hate living in this in-between state
My home is still on the market. I reduced the price, that did make for a seemingly successful Open House, but not much activity since.
I am given to understand that this time of the summer is slow, lots of folks vacationing. So, that might be part of the reason. The other factors are those two things which deem my place a "hard sell". Owner maintenance responsibility is higher than most condos and my specific condo fee is also high.
So, how to get folks beyond that and buy. My realtor has suggested adding cash back at closing. I have heard of this, but did not understand what it was and why. Well, it is a way for the buyer to get a mortgage for what they need, but walk away from the closing with some cash. My concern was that, as the seller I would be paying a commission on the higher (but not to me) selling price. Turns out that isn't so, commission is based on net, after cash back to buyer. So this is just another way to lower the price and put some cash in the buyers hands at the same time.
So, we will try this.
I think, when I first started this, hearing from so many folks that my place was so attractive and would sell in a minute set me up to not think it might take time. The two financial issues (unit maintenance and condo fee) do make it a harder than most to sell and that seems to mean it will take more time to find the right buyer.
So, for me I have to get comfortable with living in an in-between state and not be discouraged.
My realtor and I have agreed that I can make it a bit easier on myself physically by not having to "hide" my cats' litter boxes. My two cats, like me, are senior citizens, and though everything is working, it isn't working like it used to.
JoJo, my big, handsome boy makes every effort to use the litter box, but these past six months or so only gets his bum to the edge, not fully inside. So that means some stuff is in the box, some on pads I have layered around it. Not a big deal to keep clean and sanitary when I have this all set up in middle of the guest room; a real difficult task when things are "hidden" under the eaves.
All the bending and lifting to keep up with this certainly exasperated my sciatica issues. So, from now on, I will leave it all where I can reach it without harm to me and the realtor will help potential buyers to be kindly as to why the middle of the guest room looks like a nursing home for frail senior cats, which, in fact, it is.
Just having this chore off my "be ready for a showing" list has me relieved and less bothered by this taking more time than I would like.
I'm also giving myself permission to leave my many "in progress" quilting, embroidery, design things up and around. It won't really be a lot of clutter, will let me be able to go from "station-to-station" to work on each project a little bit regularly and all that might distract buyers in that I have a lot of "hobbies".
It feels much better to be reclaiming a bit of my space and it feels like, in doing so, I could wait this out. I might even consider entertaining once this brutal heat is over!
I am given to understand that this time of the summer is slow, lots of folks vacationing. So, that might be part of the reason. The other factors are those two things which deem my place a "hard sell". Owner maintenance responsibility is higher than most condos and my specific condo fee is also high.
So, how to get folks beyond that and buy. My realtor has suggested adding cash back at closing. I have heard of this, but did not understand what it was and why. Well, it is a way for the buyer to get a mortgage for what they need, but walk away from the closing with some cash. My concern was that, as the seller I would be paying a commission on the higher (but not to me) selling price. Turns out that isn't so, commission is based on net, after cash back to buyer. So this is just another way to lower the price and put some cash in the buyers hands at the same time.
So, we will try this.
I think, when I first started this, hearing from so many folks that my place was so attractive and would sell in a minute set me up to not think it might take time. The two financial issues (unit maintenance and condo fee) do make it a harder than most to sell and that seems to mean it will take more time to find the right buyer.
So, for me I have to get comfortable with living in an in-between state and not be discouraged.
My realtor and I have agreed that I can make it a bit easier on myself physically by not having to "hide" my cats' litter boxes. My two cats, like me, are senior citizens, and though everything is working, it isn't working like it used to.
JoJo, my big, handsome boy makes every effort to use the litter box, but these past six months or so only gets his bum to the edge, not fully inside. So that means some stuff is in the box, some on pads I have layered around it. Not a big deal to keep clean and sanitary when I have this all set up in middle of the guest room; a real difficult task when things are "hidden" under the eaves.
All the bending and lifting to keep up with this certainly exasperated my sciatica issues. So, from now on, I will leave it all where I can reach it without harm to me and the realtor will help potential buyers to be kindly as to why the middle of the guest room looks like a nursing home for frail senior cats, which, in fact, it is.
Just having this chore off my "be ready for a showing" list has me relieved and less bothered by this taking more time than I would like.
I'm also giving myself permission to leave my many "in progress" quilting, embroidery, design things up and around. It won't really be a lot of clutter, will let me be able to go from "station-to-station" to work on each project a little bit regularly and all that might distract buyers in that I have a lot of "hobbies".
It feels much better to be reclaiming a bit of my space and it feels like, in doing so, I could wait this out. I might even consider entertaining once this brutal heat is over!
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