{"id":401,"date":"2006-09-26T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2006-09-26T04:37:14","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T11:37:14","slug":"blogoff-post-24-how-to-make-buyers-fall-in-love-with-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/401\/blogoff-post-24-how-to-make-buyers-fall-in-love-with-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #24: How to make buyers fall in love with your home . . . ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/how-to-group-writing-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Problogger &#8216;How To&#8230;&#8217; Group Writing Project<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stixnbrix.com\/?p=15\" target=\"_blank\">Stix &#8216;n&#8217; Brix teaches us how to make buyers fall in love with our home<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Uncover The Bones<br \/>\nClean It Up<br \/>\nNeutral Does It<br \/>\nCurb Appeal Sells<br \/>\nSet A Comfortable Mood<br \/>\nHead Off Their Doubts<br \/>\nPrice It Right<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In general, I like the detailed advice given in this article.<\/p>\n<p>The number one problem I have with homes I&#8217;m showing right now is that they are not market-ready. That can be a moving target, but, in this market, if everything is not absolutely perfect, everything might just as well be rotten. Buyers have many homes to choose from. If yours isn&#8217;t everything they want, they&#8217;ll just move on&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/arizona\" rel=\"tag\">arizona<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/arizona real estate\" rel=\"tag\">arizona real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/phoenix\" rel=\"tag\">phoenix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/phoenix real estate\" rel=\"tag\">phoenix real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/sellsius 101\" rel=\"tag\">sellsius 101<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Problogger &#8216;How To&#8230;&#8217; Group Writing Project, Stix &#8216;n&#8217; Brix teaches us how to make buyers fall in love with our home: Uncover The Bones Clean It Up Neutral Does It Curb Appeal Sells Set A Comfortable Mood Head Off Their Doubts Price It Right In general, I like the detailed advice given in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1849,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1849\/a-buyers-market-you-bet-but-even-more-than-that-its-a-listing-agents-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":401,"position":0},"title":"A buyer&#8217;s market? 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