Ways To Ensure That Your Listed Home Won't Sell

There are all kinds of articles out there giving advice on how to sell real estate . But what if you don't actually want your house to sell? If you want to keep your home from selling, here are seven tips used by the experts, from observation of viewing thousands of Utah Homes for Sale.

1. Make sure your home is not easily shown-- If nobody ever walks through your home, then your chances of it not selling are pretty good. The best way to do this is to not hire a Realtor, but instead have your home for sale by owner. Then, don't answer your phone, and better yet, don't have voice mail either. If you never answer, they will never make an appointment, and with no appointment, there will be no showings, and no selling.
2. Overprice Your Home – Most people look on the internet for Kennesaw GA homes for sale before they ever try to make a showing appointment. Your home should be much more expensive than other homes that are of similar size and age.
3. No Online Pictures - A picture is worth a thousand words. They want as many details and pictures as possible to help them decide if making a showing is worth their time. If you don’t add ANY photo’s, they will just skip your listing without even looking at the other details.
4. Make Sure Your Home Has Foul Odors – Nothing will detract a potential buyer from considering Everett Washington Homes more than a foul smell. One of the easiest way to develop that potent smell you're looking for to drive potential buyers away is by having lots of animals living in your house. If the smell is putrid enough, buyers may not even have to open the door to realize your house is not for them.
5. Keep Your Home Cluttered and Messy – If your home has a great floor plan, you can totally detract from this by having stuff, especially garbage, everywhere. Clutter will distract buyers from seeing the positive points your house has to offer. Home lookers will be so distracted by junk, that they won't even realize there are positive features. Baffle these potential buyers minds as they ponder how anyone could live in such filth.
6. Have Broken Items – Buyers generally want a well maintained home. When buyers can see obvious neglect on household repairs, they can be most confident that there are also many underlying defects that aren't visible, that they probably don't want to deal with. One way to help detract this is to make sure there are plenty of broken items buyers will notice while viewing your home. Consider cracked or broken windows, constant running toilets, holes in walls, stains on carpet, and doors and windows that don't open.
7. Have Bad Curb Appeal -- Creating a bad first impression can make a huge difference in ensuring that your home won't sell. The simplest way to create a bad first impression is with negative curb appeal. Don’t mow your lawn, or even better allow it to die. Let weeds overtake all planters and garden areas, and don't have any flowers. Make sure that the outside paint, doors, and trim look beat up. Unsightly chipped paint, preferably on older houses, is a great way to scare off those who fear lead poisoning.To add to the negative first impression, make sure you have a door bell out of order sign.