Showing Feedback & Real Estate "Glass Slippers"

"It's too, too . . . ."

After almost 9 years selling real estate, I've probably been on the receiving end, conservatively, of perhaps 10,000 showing feedback forms (and probably generated an equal number as a Buyer's agent).

So, what do they say?

Usually, not much.

However, on the relatively rare occasions when the agent includes a comment, here's a partial compendium of what they say:

"It's too . . .

--Big
--Small
--Expensive
--Not expensive enough (they can afford more home)
--Open
--Not open enough
--Pink/White/Yellow/Blue/Brown (pick a color)
--Soon (the Buyer just started looking)
--Dated
--Updated (the Buyer wants to do their own remodeling)
--Vertical (they don't like stairs)
--Horizontal (they don't like ramblers)
--Close (to the elementary school/busy street/ugly neighbor, etc.
--Far (from shopping, schools, etc.)
--Contemporary
--Traditional
--Plain
--Loud
--Dark
--Noisy
--Quiet (Buyers from Manhattan)

Suffice to say, this list could be quite a bit longer.

Which is why my listing clients know one of my favorite lines (and hear it often): 'the only feedback that really counts is a good offer from a well-qualified Buyer.'

Finding "The One"

So, what do I tell my Buyer clients?

That I seldom see -- or sell -- a home that's a "10" on a scale of 1-10 (and if it's a bona fide "10" -- you probably can't afford it!).

But I've sold lots of "7's" and "8's" that, over time, my clients have turned into "10's" . . . for them.

And that, for most Buyers, it's simply the case that there are usually at least a couple homes that conceivably would be very good choices -- vs. "the (elusive) one."