Turning a Negative into a Positive: the great synergy of Active Rain
I posted last week on Active Rain about the Listing Sales Book that I keep at my listings and all the contents that I include. Wow, did I get a lot of great suggestions from the comments!
Liz Bolton commented that she had seen a “Seller Questionnaire” of sorts at a listing that included where the school bus stops, trash and recycle days, where to vote and the Seller’s comments about what they liked most about their home. Obviously, I’m going to include this in my next Listing Sales Book!
Now, I’m selling my personal home in Florence Park that has a shared driveway, which most would consider a negative feature. I was brainstorming with my home stager, Peggy Givens,about who would most likely purchase my home and what were the positives and negatives of my home. I told Peggy that my home would most likely be purchased by a single person and first-time home buyer.
When we discussed the issue of the shared driveway, Peggy commented, “I think that would not be a negative – I think a single person would appreciate the safety factor of sharing a driveway.”
Bingo! What was once a negative is now a positive!
So, on my Seller questionnaire, I wrote about the many things I love about my home and added that I appreciated the safety factor of the shared driveway, noting that my neighbor Elizabeth is an awesome neighbor! Maybe someone who falls in love with my home will read that and say, “I hadn’t thought of it as a safety factor, but it does seem comforting to have a neighbor so close to watch my home.”
Turning a Negative into a Positive: the great synergy of Active Rain
So, thanks to Liz and Peggy, I’ve turned a negative into a positive – turned lemons into lemonade!
The synergy here in Active Rain is contagious – we all do truly pay it forward. Often here in the Rain, we learn much more from the blog comments that the blog post itself!
Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.
