I’ve had my house for sale for four months now and still hasn’t sold. It wasn’t what I was expecting when the cheery-faced realtor showed up at my door with such hope and promise. Matter of fact he said he would buy it if he didn’t already have a home. That though may have just been a marketing ploy to enlist him.

Well since then the price has been adjusted a few times but still with no solid offers. It doesn’t help that you keep hearing about the never ending recession. Of course the word “recession” alone gave all the leverage to buyers and a buyer’s market it became. Suddenly the light bulb appears, why selling in a buyer’s market as you almost have to beg for a sale or stand out from the rest. But some of us have no choice because the “recession” caused us some setbacks. Who to blame?

Maybe I can blame the realtor because he doesn’t seem to be doing anything exceptional that I couldn’t be doing myself. It doesn’t help when all you hear are excuses for why your house is not selling, rather than finding better marketing methods and targeting buyers more efficiently to get the house sold. He keeps saying, “ it’s because you don’t have hardwood flooring that most buyers are expecting”. Well bud, I am not going to spend $20,000 on hardwood from money I don’t have in order to please an unknown buyer who may not purchase anyway. My house doesn’t have hardwood so why is he showing to people who expect it.

To  think I  hired a realtor to take pressure of myself.  What was I thinking?

Yes selling a house is not easy in a tough market and you have to get more creative…or drop your price to nothing. Where’s the darn seller’s market when you need it!