Central Ohio home buyers - "wake up and smell the coffee" literally...
I Re-Blogged a post Norma Toering a real estate agent in California wrote, Seller Tip - Scent Matters
There are lots of old Realtorisms about houses needing to be fresh smelling in order for the home to sell... "If you smell it you can not sell it" springs to mind. Sellers have used potpouri, Febreeze, "Plug-Ins", scented candals, air fresheners, etc. for years...
...some of the "tricks" make a stinky house smell like a stinky house with scented candles....
I am a big animal lover but lets face it...I love my stinky dog but someone else's stinky dog is icky....
The latest trick to make it smell good? Coffee.
Catina Wright wrote in a comment on Norma's post:
"I have a few listings that have animals and well they just dont pass the smell test at all:-( I was sharing with another agent ideas that I could do and she shared with me something that is really working!!! Take a bag of coffee put small pin holes in it and place one in each room..hidden of course. It has improved my feedback 100% and one home has finally went under contract. The coffee grinds seem to soak up any bad odors and even works for clients who smoke in there homes!"
Is the seller leaving that coffee with the buyer after the closing or is that when the buyer discovers .... the house does not smell fresh? Hopefully an animal smell moves with the seller's personal property, by that I mean hopefully the cat or dog smell is primarily in the sellers upholstered furniture and not the carpets.
Central Ohio home buyers beware... wake up and smell the coffee
Home buyers if there are pets in the home pay close attention. You may have to think about having carpets professionally cleaned or even replaced even if the place smells fresh during showings... has the seller hidden or masked the true condition of the property.
Or does coffee remove the smell from the house? Does the hidden coffee absorb smell?
Is the fact the house stinks hidden by the newest secret weapon? Coffee...
"a bag of coffee put small pin holes in it and place one in each room hidden of course" bold added.
Some home prepartion and staging tips for sellers make a lot of sense others seem like tips to hide problems... just wake up and smell the coffee when it comes to smelly houses.
It sounds like this latest trick is going to be shared with sellers everywhere... Catina Wright who shared the coffee tip Re-Blogged Norma's post for sellers too... and added a note she received from a national real estate coach Bernice Ross.
"Dear Catina,
Terrific, Your comments will run on a Monday, assuming our Executive producer runs them in the order I sent him. My best guess is that it will run on either April 12 or April 19. Thanks so much for helping us out. I'm asking Kevin to confirm the date you will suggestion will be on air once he gets the raw production recordings from us. BTW, we just got on iTunes last week and received a "new and notable" notice from them--so you'll be on iTunes as well.
Have a wonderful week and thanks again!
Warmly, Bernice Ross, CEO www.RealEstateCoach.com
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Does anyone in Central Ohio already use this secret weapon? Who knows but real estate agents everywhere will be coaching sellers to put "a bag of coffee put small pin holes in it and place one in each room hidden of course"
Remember Central Ohio home buyers you heard it here first...
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