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Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at 5:10 AM

Frisbee

Here’s a good example of how important it is for sellers to have a top-notch photo presentation of their house for sale.

Buyers are looking for any reason NOT to buy.  If they aren’t in love with the house from the photos, once they drive up and see this, they won’t get out of the car:

He paid $650,000 in 2005, I told him $429,000 (-34%).

Posted on Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at 5:10 AM in Jim TV, Thinking of Selling?, Tips, Advice & Links | 9 Comments » | Email Email | Print Print You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Reader Comments: 9 Responses

  1. Good Olde Country Club Lane, w/o a country club on it!! You have to pray the wind ain’t coming out of the South West as well when you own out there by Stone Brewing! Chicken Ranch!

    doughboy | December 13th, 2009 at 8:14 am

  2. That construction reminds me of this:
    http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/Frank6962/enterprise.jpg
    The neighbors on the way up remind me of my uncle’s farm:
    http://twitpic.com/az1ey

    doug r | December 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am

  3. The plumber’s truck reminds me of the time we were going to buy a house in Carlsbad when we discovered the next-door neighbor parks his gigantic white commercial pickup truck, complete with galvanized steel built-in toolbox, right up to the micro-inch on the property line; so the truck wasn’t in front of their house, but basically in front of the house we were going to buy. This, among other things, was a deal killer.

    househippie | December 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am

  4. We watched the video and wondered how a plumber and a security company (owner?) afforded a $600k house.

    I have a Roto-rooter guy on my street, but this is a $200-$300k neighborhood, not $600k.

    Art Eclectic | December 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am

  5. Just a short cab ride from Stone–that could make up for it!

    Local Boy | December 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am

  6. The patrol car is parked facing the wrong direction, no less. I was always amazed during the bubble run-up how things like that, Cape Canaveral (great call there, Jim,) power lines, etc., were non-factors.

    The Blur | December 13th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

  7. Reminds me of this listing…

    http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/5859/wowprop.jpg

    harmor | December 13th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

  8. If the plumbing guy owns his business, and he has folks working for him, he can do very well. I am related to a plumbing contractor who has a whole bunch of guys working for him, and, trust me, he makes some nice money.

    Geotpf | December 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

  9. Jim, can you share what the buyers thought were as to why he bought the house? Just like renters, neighbors can be just as bad.

    3clicks from da beach | December 15th, 2009 at 9:45 am

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