Every Home Sold is a Special Human Story

Home Sells after 9 Failed Listings

This is a photo of my seller and I standing next to a sold sign on the property I sold for him.  The seller is a busy businessman who had his home on the market 9 times by another realtor, but  every time the listing expired.  The home was on the market for a total of 658 days – almost 2 years.  The seller was extremely frustrated as to why his home was not selling. 

He finally called me.

When I came along I  noticed that the problem was not so much the house; instead it was the tenant who intentionally made the home look terrible whenever there was a showing for a buyer or a realtor.  The tenant did not want the home to sell and was preventing a sale.  I advised the seller to have the tenant leave, and gave him some other suggestions in terms of clean up and minor painting.

Good news: I Sold in 30 days after being on the market with another realtor for 658 days!

Condo Sold in 15 days!

Every home sold has a special human story behind it, which is why I love being a realtor. This beautiful human story is about a seller that wanted to get back home to his wife, in his home country, Hungary (his wife had moved to Hungary from Edmonton some time ago).

When I met him he had already had his condo on the market with another realtor for one year and 4 months (524 days). During those long 524 days he had never seen an offer. I suggested a minor price reduction, some painting and most importantly: a radically different marketing strategy. After having been on the market for 524 days without an offer, I sold his condo in 15 days! He insisted that someday I have to visit him and his wife in Hungary!

The seller has given me written permission to publicize his story, together with the photograph.