Comments on: How we sold our house quickly in a down market

By: My life in summary - 39 years

My life in summary - 39 years — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:18:50 +0000

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By: You always hurt the ones you love

You always hurt the ones you love — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:08:53 +0000

[...] decision to travel it was for a year-long career break. Then it became two years. Finally we just sold everything we owned and made it an open-ended journey, a trip that would take our savings completely to zero before we [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:21:26 +0000

Brilliant. Thank you so much. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a flat-fee agent. We are going to look in to that because we are on a tight budget as well. I also love the letter that you wrote, what a brilliant idea. I want the buyers of our house to know that we love our house and that is has been very good to us (Brian proposed in the living room). I want the next owners to know that we aren’t leaving because it is a bad house, but because we are ready to move on to a new phase of our lives.

By: What to do with your house when you travel | Married with Luggage

What to do with your house when you travel | Married with Luggage — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:44:22 +0000

[...] eventually chose to sell, and you can read all about it here. What helped us come to that conclusion was the help of professional, one who had the [...]

By: Selling a Home in 2010 Blog Series Ends Happily Today

Selling a Home in 2010 Blog Series Ends Happily Today — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:10:11 +0000

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Married with Luggage » How to have an indoor yard sale — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:37 +0000

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By: Married with Luggage » We’ve sold the house: now what?

Married with Luggage » We’ve sold the house: now what? — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:04:49 +0000

[...] may have all heard our sigh of relief last week when we accepted an offer on our home. This has been the most stressful part of our trip planning, believe it or not. Selling a home in a [...]

By: Lara Merriam-Smith

Lara Merriam-Smith — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:39:04 +0000

Congrats on selling the house! I look forward to hearing about your worldly adventures! An I loved hearing about the tags you talked about putting around the house to let the potential buyer know things. This was another invention idea I had a few years ago and hadn’t gotten around to doing yet! It’s good to know others were thinking of the same thing…maybe I’ll pursue it more now!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:53:46 +0000

Betsy,

Congratulations on this wonderful step in your adventures.

Also, thanks for such great advice. We will be using it when the time is right for us to take our next big step.

Lesley

By: Betsy Talbot

Betsy Talbot — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:35:57 +0000

Thank you for all the good wishes!

Simple in France, we did pay upfront for the real estate fee (and I didn’t put my decimal in the right place on the commission – which I am fixing in the post now – it is 0.5% at closing).

Funny about what your husband said of online photos. We like to think that we can look past paint, clutter, and bad decor, but in reality we often can’t. Best to make it as easy as possible for buyers to imagine their things in your home.

Angela, we had some friends do something very similar and they also got the home in the bidding war. This method works well both ways because it makes the transaction a bit more human.

Maria, thanks for sharing the post. This means a lot coming from a branding/marketing guru such as yourself!