Being a REALTOR® can be a juggling act as you schedule, plan, and prioritize your day. Working with a challenging client can make your job almost impossible as you try to work around everyone else’s schedule and not waste too much time. But when you are working with a homeowner that just won’t cooperate, what are you to do? When you factor in today’s marketplace, adding in uncompromising clients makes your job that much more demanding.

Beverly Meaux asks sellers, “Why do you say you want to sell your house, when you don’t?”:

“If you ask 100 real estate agents, I bet the majority would give you the following as three of the biggest pet peeves when showing houses: 1. Hard to make an appointment to show; 2. the feeling of intrusion; and 3. making friends with the family pet. My partner and I cover most Northern New Jersey towns like West Orange, South Orange, Maplewood, Millburn/Short Hills, Verona, Nutley and the like. Things may differ in other parts of NJ or the country but I know real estate here and can tell you these pet peeves make it hard for real estate agents to get homes sold. And, isn’t that suppose to be the goal if you put your house on the market to sell in the first place? It sometimes feels that sellers feel so inconvenienced about selling their homes that they really want to shout out, ‘Come on, I dare you to show my house… and, if you do, you better deal with the way we are!’”

In this current market, many sellers are having to reduce prices by up to 20 percent to stay competitive with short sales and foreclosures. Having to drop the price that much can be a hard pill to swallow. Fortunately, not all buyers are looking for a bottom line. Many still want to find a home that’s perfect for them and are willing to pay what the home is worth to get it. Sellers should do what they can to help their agent and remove every obstacle that might keep a potential buyer from falling in love with their home.

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