My Home Selling Guide.. Wedowee and Roanoke Alabama Real Estate 

10 Common Seller Mistakes

1. Over pricing their home

2. Not allowing their home to be shown.

3. Not keeping their home clean and in good showing condition.

4. Not leaving their home during a showing.

5. Talking to the buyer or buyer’s agent and giving wrong information or wrong impressions.

6. Not being willing to negotiate.

7. Not seeing their home through buyer’s eyes. “My home is the best in the area” syndrome.

8. Believing an Open House will sell their home.

9. Demanding their Realtor change how they market their home instead of relying on the Realtor’s experience and expertise.

10. Choosing the wrong Realtor.

 


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