迈克尔·道尔

你有没有想过你的房地产经纪人是否理解你正在经历的事情？ 他们走进你的房子，自信地谈论你的社区和市场趋势。 他们有卖主准备帮你准备卖房。 But do they really think it’s that easy? Do they understand the conversations that follow once they’ve left your dining room table? 他们是否在忧虑中彻夜难眠？

你可能会感到惊讶。

I’ve been a real estate agent for eight years and recently attempted to sell my condo. My income hadn’t been what I’d planned; 我很不安，担心拿着它会有风险。 我想要减少压力，所以经过几个月的考虑，我决定卖掉它。

Here’s how it went down:

-我选择了我的经纪人，坐下来开会。 “Are you willing to meet the market?” she asked? That wasn’t easy to answer! The choices I’d made at purchase (lay out, upgrades, etc.) weren’t as valuable in her eyes as I had anticipated. 我努力克制自己的冲动，不让自己觉得我的家比她的更值钱。

-We moved out of the condo and hired a great stager to “edit” what we’d left behind. 什么? ! You don’t like the black and white poster of John Lennon from my mother’s 随它去吧 album?!

悦博体育做了手工，一位专业摄影师拍了一些很棒的照片。 我的经纪人登记了房产，但是 在市场上只呆了一天，还没有收到报价，我就已经很焦虑了。

-Then the Homeowners Association sued the developer (long story, but in short: 不 good for sales) and convinced me that I was definitely 不 prepared to meet the market. 所以，悦博体育把房子从市场上搬走了，搬了回去。

-然后，电话响了。 代理 wanted to show it, earnestly offering “My clients aren’t concerned with litigation.” Surprise: I didn’t believe it. 不管是对是错，我都怀疑这些善意的人不会坚持到最后。 I wasn’t ready to board that roller coaster.

感觉市场终于开始转向了。

一个曾经看起来很沉重的财产又开始看起来像家了； like a place that – from a post-tax perspective – is only marginally more costly than renting. So, here I am, happy with my decision to stay in my home and reminded what it’s like to walk in my sellers’ shoes – a win-win situation all the way around.

迈克尔·多伊尔 is an agent with Windermere Real Estate’s Lakeview office in Seattle, WA.