10 Things NOT TO HAVE in your house when Selling! Audra Lambert 2024

Do Not have these things on your property when selling your home!
Home Sellers be aware of items you should not have in your house when selling your home. These are helpful tips for home sellers.

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[PaulKatrina.]

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[evandegenfelder]

Can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. Not just the tips she gave, but HOW she delivered them. No long winded speeches, no long detailed stories about herself, just information quickly and succinctly given. I wish more youtube people would follow her lead!

[BobPenzien]

Nice video Audra! Also, remove all religeous statues, paintings and crosses in the house. Finally, never show a house with a incense smell. Make sure the house is free of any odors or unusual smells.

[MarilynFromTarotClarity]

We sold our house after we moved out. Had it professionally cleaned, including carpets, fresh paint on walls and holes in walls repair. Sold for full price in 24 hours.

[tishbite]

Audra, you now what I loved about this video? You got right to you points without 5 minutes of how great you are! Good job!

[brendaz]

Great info my realtor also told us. One thing I hate is viewing a home that is so cluttered I cant see the room. I also hate loud colors and wallpaper.
One thing that we did was rent a storage building and went ahead and packed up excess furniture and knic knacs to make the rooms look spacious. Since we were moving, might as well pack up things and store them ahead of time.

[generalleia]

Totally agree with not talking about how 'nice' the neighbors are. When we bought our last house, the seller's realtor kept gushing about how nice a particular neighbor was, mentioning them by name and how we would really benefit from living almost directly across the street.
Little did she know, she was actually hurting the deal because that 'nice' neighbor was from my old childhood neighborhood and broke into my parent's shed, destroying and stealing things, also they were very nasty to us when my parent's refused to let them into our yard to swim in our pool with the other neighborhood kids after that incident... oh, and did I mention they enjoyed 'practing' their katate lessons on us? Meanwhile, their mother had a problem when the guy (then boy) got beat up by the much smaller and younger girl in my family.

So, yeah, don't point out how 'nice' you neighbors are when selling. You could literally be killing the deal. I bought the house, but it was in spite of them. It’s a much nicer house than theirs and I know it irks them that I live here. But, trust me, I thought long about if it was worth it.

[anivee]

I have a dear friend who has tried 4 times to sell her beautiful, elegant house. She has often been complimented by the agents on how she stages her whole home, but she has never even gotten an offer. I think it is because she insists on being present (she's afraid they could steal something) plus she insists on giving them " my tour and my speech". I'm convinced it is the kiss of death. She rejects suggestions that she not be there with horror.

[annfinke]

These are all great points. the last house I sold was in 2010 during one of the worst selling markets for my area. I had contacted a realtor but A) the comps she came up with weren't really appropriate for my house, B) she dissed some of the paint we had used to clean up the walls before showing the house and C) she lowballed us on setting a price because she wanted to make a quick sale. I understand that realtors and agents need to eat too, but we ended up selling the house ourselves- did the marketing ourselves, took the pictures and had it appraised (appraisal came out $15K higher than her price) and ended up having a bidding war from three parties and sold it higher than appraisal. We had cleaned it out of most of the furnishings, just left a few for staging purposes (it was a relative's house, we weren't living in it) so it actually seemed larger. I asked the buyer what he thought of all the other houses he had looked at before settling on ours and he said "this is the best one we looked at- most of the others needed a lot of work" . In other words, because we had taken the time to do some landscaping and had cleaned up the insides with fresh paint and some cosmetic fixes, we sold the house for more than we thought at the worst housing market in 80 years.

[frankmccarthy]

Wow. I’m 60. I didn’t grow up in a world like this. 20 years ago and before we never worried about this stuff. It was a much safer and more relaxed world.

[carlfromtheoc]

I would add one thing - if you have a favorite light fixture/chandelier that you want to take with you, swap it out VEFORE photos are taken of the inside of your place that are done prior to dale. Also, check and see if the buyers want your washer, dryer, and fridge. You can get ones for your new place and not pay for the cost of moving the old ones.

[barlowsmith]

I went in a house once and the crazy owner was telling people her mothers ghost lives in the attic, , , so you have a point there

[nogames]

Wow, how things have changed. I remember my parents buying a home Wayback in the 80s. None of the houses were staged, they were usually a mess, the homeowners were almost always there. This was middle-class housing. This was not high end housing by any means but it was just different back then.

[bridgettetraveler]

Thank GOD when I sold my house I had taken all valuable off the property. I forgot & left my little cheap watch on night stand. It was missing after the last showing. I missed it but I quickly replaced. This is awesome. Thank u for your great work!!!

[flatlandah]

After selling 7 homes in my life, I’ve learned that the less contact you have with the buyers and the less they know about you, the better. Not to be rude or antisocial, but to keep things a simple as possible.
The last house I sold, the buyers didn’t have the best social skills and could be quite rude. It got so bad that at the closing, our agent had them sign papers at her office, and then we signed the papers 3 hours later in another city even though we weren’t moving very far away. ( bless her heart… I sent her flowers!)

[suemar]

Great advice. I'd also like to add--get rid of dogs, dog kennels, dog waste in the yard before photographing properties. I know people love their dogs, but I NEVER even schedule a showing if the photos show dog cages, etc.. I just think place is going to have a smell or a "feeling" of being not clean.

[sylviagerritsen]

We sold a house about 20 years ago. The rear door had a doggy door in it for our little Jack Russell. After the home open the agent told us the new owners were concerned about the doggy door as our chickens invited themselves in for their afternoon snack. We forgot to lock them up before we left. In all honesty, they had never used the doggy door before - they usually pecked on the lounge window for their snack.

[kaystinebrink]

Thanks for the suggestion of document removal. I would not have thought of removing, hiding or locking the investment papers etc. for showings. Following your channel has given me many, many tips for when we put our home on the market in April. We haven't purchased or sold a home in about 40 years. Thanks for you many efforts.

[steveearnshaw]

Always have a good quality door mat outside all of the exterior doors. If seller insists on shoe removal or booties, have a chair or bench next to the door. Many older buyers have difficulty with balancing on one foot.

[sstrauss]

We sold our last house after we moved out. Empty meets all the requirements.