Scientists have done these types of experiments over and over and it turns out that people aren’t able to walk in a straight line while blindfolded. Now, I’m guessing that eventually someone might circle around and around until they get lucky enough to pass over their target, but is that how you want to spend your time? Walking around in circles blindfolded, hoping you’ll stumble onto your goal?
There are three likely endings if you’re walking blind through that field. It’s very possible you’ll wander aimlessly walking everywhere but never really getting anywhere. You might get very tired and give up. Or you might walk yourself right into a tree.
Many people attempt to buy or sell their home without an agent and find themselves in a similar situation – wandering blind, hoping to stumble onto a qualified buyer.
So what is likely to happen? Wandering aimlessly? The seller is probably going to spend much longer trying to sell their house than if had an agent to lead them to their goal. REALTORS® can market a home on many buyer visited sites, such as REALTOR.ca or the MLS®. I promise that a seller’s listing on these sites will get many more hits than a listing that is shown on Kijiji or a ‘for sale by owner’ sign in the window. When it’s time to sell a house, it’s better to sell quickly, so why would a seller risk not getting the most visibility?
What about wandering around until giving up? No one sells their house because they just happen to feel like it. A house can be sold for many reasons: financial troubles, needing more (or less) space, job transfers, etc. There might be hundreds of reasons, but no matter which it is, there is always a reason. For many it’s not feasible to just give up, but what else is a seller to do? Is the house priced to high? Is there something that people don’t like about the home? Are there just too many listings for the house to get the right number of interested buyers? A REALTOR® has experience with all those problems and can be the best person to find the answer. Because it’s their area of expertise, they are much more likely to discover the problems with a listing, whether it is price, market or blinkers.
The worse scenario is running into a tree. Who wants to do that? But when a seller chooses to go through the process alone, there are many ways for them to do just that. When is the best time to show a home? Who is going to be there to show a potential buyer the home at 9 a.m.? What about 3 p.m.? Work can make this difficult, but even if there is someone who can be there to show the home, who is the person who’s coming to look? Are they a real buyer? Are they someone who’s not interested in buying at all, but instead is just a look-e-loo? It could be worse; someone with nefarious intentions can be in your home alone with your wife & children, pretending to be an interested buyer. A REALTOR® knows who they are taking into your home. They are better able to make sure that the people who come through are real buyers who are interested in the house.
That’s not the only tree. What are the legal roadblocks that must be passed in order to sell?
What happens if there is a problem with the home inspection?
What happens if there is a problem with the property, such as zoning issues?
All of these things could make it extremely difficult for a do-it-yourselfer who is selling their home.
The fact is that REALTORS® are professionals whose job is to find the right buyers and sellers for their clients. They have the experience and knowledge to take the home sale from the first day on the market to closing.
Some people wander and get lucky.
Do you want to sell your house that way?
Let a REALTOR® help you to get the best for you and your family. Give a us a call for a no-obligation consultation and let us help take that blindfold off.
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