The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 5

Chapter 1

How To Sell Your Home
For More Money…
And Sell It Faster
If you are like many homeowners, then you will spend an
astronomical amount of time showing your home to buyers that
may not even be interested in buying it.
It can get to the point of taking over your life. The average
home showing takes 3-4 hours of your time. Most owners have to
show their homes 8-10 times before making a sale, and some
homes are shown as many as 30 times.
That means the average person spends 24-40 hours of his or
her life selling one home, and some people dedicate 80-120 hours
to the process.
Many homeowners jump at the chance to show their homes
to anyone and everyone. When a buyer calls, they drop everything
for the showing. That's a big reason why it takes them anywhere
from 8-30 showings to make a sale.
In the beginning, you take the showings in stride, but over
time, they create a great deal of stress. The stress isn't just on you.
It is on your entire family and it will only get worse as long as
you continue showing your home to people who don't want to buy
it.

Take a minute to think of what goes on
whenever you have to show your home.
Toddlers have to go into the playpen while you clean the
house from top to bottom. Then, they have to sit in the car or go
to a nearby park so you can show the house to potential buyers.
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