Simply selling our house was much more of an complicated experience that I had expected it to be.
But, this was my first time so I guess that comes with the learning curve.
The only thing I knew to do was to present the house the best way I knew how and list it with a good realtor. I went to the internet to find the realtor. Pretty much, I picked one who appeared to sell a lot of homes in the area. Then, I sat back in the HVAC thinking that the rest would be easy. Boy, was I ever wrong. The realtor came out and it did not go well. She was a very type A person who was very accustomed to pushing people around. That was a huge turn off for me right from the start. Then she was just ripping our house and the way it was set up. The HVAC had to go, all the kitchen appliances had to be updated, the floors were all wrong and our furniture was terrible. Well, I said so long to that lady. But, this did get me to do a bit more research. Apparently, she was spot on about the HVAC. In our area, the heat is a big thing so the HVAC needs to be really up to date. If not, the type of buyers we want will be less inclined to even consider our home. That seemed fair so, I started getting the HVAC people on it. However, I don’t think we are going to go quite as deep on all the other changes that first realtor was demanding.