Gary Waters -Real estate agent Viera Suntree Melbourne and Rockledge FL

People come, people go. When you place your home on the market and ee folks coming to check it out, you are happy. In the words of Ren and Stimpy (old cartoon characters) you experience "joooooy!"

Some stay 5 minutes, some twenty minutes. When they all leave you wonder what they thought.

Thus your real estate agent asks for feedback. She (or he) may get a response about 25% of the time (my experience).

• Sometimes it is verbal.
  
• Sometimes it is written.
  
• Sometimes it is useful.
  
• Sometimes it is fluff.

Sometimes it is so generic it could have been sent to all six or eight real estate agents for houses they saw that day in your neighborhood!

Sometimes it is extremely negative. Some folks are so negative that if the sun is shining they complain of a sunburn! Sometimes negative feedback can be useful...like that ticket from the policeman (feedback on your driving skills!).

I have found that the only feedback that is reliable includes:

• Traffic. The number of buyer prospects means your price is competitive for the market.
• Whining. I have found that many agents will start nitpicking or finding fault so as to prepare my mind for a low offer!
• An offer. The ultimate useful feedback!

If you are considering selling your house, the effort you put in getting it ready for the market may very well be the thing that gets it sold....

I will admit I rise a bit earlier than most folks. As a real estate agent I have found that people do not buy or sell houses in Brevard County, Florida before about 10:00 a.m.

So I have some quiet time. Time for my morning walk with my Boston Terrier, Diesel Dog!

I usually skip breakfast but this morning I decided I wanted something. As I opened the refrigerator I saw the leftover salad from the evening before.

So I grabbed it.

How do we know that salad can’t be for breakfast?

Individual preferences are…..individual. Such is the same when decorating your home.

But, when it is time to sell it, remember that you are not selling your taste.

Your real estate agent and/or home stager can help make recommendations on getting your home ready to appeal to the masses instead of the individual!

For help in selling your Viera or Suntree home in Brevard County, Florida, give me a call. Lets see if I can help you with the process.

Visit my blog Florida Homes for Sale, please.

"Avocado Green" is such a lovely color. It is right up there with the perennial favorite "Harvest Gold!" Yes, there are still people who believe this 40 years after the trend departed popular culture!

The question for many home owners is "To improve or not?"

In Viera and Melbourne Florida, the question is often "To add a pool or not?" Something about living in Florida makes a pool a must have thing!

There are many improvements home owners make for the right reasons.

There are also some where they do it for the wrong reasons.

As for the pool issue, my response is always the same - put it in if you are going to use it and enjoy it. Otherwise, don't count on getting any return or added value when you sell.

There are some improvements that return most of the investment like bathrooms and kitchens. Here is a web site that allows you to compare return on investment for home improvements by locality.

If you are in need of professional real estate services in Brevard County, Florida, drop me an email at agent@moving2brevard.com or call me directly at 321-693-3850.

Read my blogs Brevard County Real Estate Information, Florida Homes for Sale and Moving to Brevard County, FLoirda.

Avocado Green" is such a lovely color. It is right up there with the perennial favorite "Harvest Gold!" Yes, there are still people who believe this 40 years after the trend departed popular culture!

The question for many home owners is "To improve or not?"

In Viera and Melbourne Florida, the question is often "To add a pool or not?" Something about living in Florida makes a pool a must have thing!

There are many improvements home owners make for the right reasons.

There are also some where they do it for the wrong reasons.

As for the pool issue, my response is always the same - put it in if you are going to use it and enjoy it. Otherwise, don't count on getting any return or added value when you sell.

There are some improvements that return most of the investment like bathrooms and kitchens. Here is a web site that allows you to compare return on investment for home improvements by locality.

If you are in need of professional real estate services in Brevard County, Florida, drop me an email at agent@moving2brevard.com or call me directly at 321-693-3850.

Read my blogs Brevard County Real Estate Information, Florida Homes for Sale and Moving to Brevard County, FLoirda.

We live in an environment of political correctness (PC). Violate the rules and you will get ostracized!

Perhaps ostracized is a bit strong but you will get attention.

Sometimes PC prevents us from saying what we are thinking, telling it like it is..or causes us to just ignore it.

Sometimes we just use euphemisms – using something a bit more mild instead of being blunt or direct.

I used to play golf with a “man of the cloth” and when he missed a putt he would say “beans” I knew what he meant!

In the real estate world ....

• When a real estate agent uses descriptors like “cozy” it usually means large enough to sustain life – barely!
  
• When you see “needs TLC” it means lots of deferred maintenance needs attention.
• When a real estate agent uses “needs updating” it means "original 1970s decor with harvest gold appliances!

Sometimes real estate agents have to put a positive spin on the less than stellar property. Sort of like the old adage "she (he) has a nice personality!"

Of course, it would not be nice to write the narrative as

“What a dump! Never cleaned or had maintenance performed. Decorated in tasteless colors. Want potential…Lots of it here!

No, that would not be PC or kind! And as the title says...

Political Correctness even exists in real estate...