Our town home has been on the market for just over 60 days now.  We’ve had somewhere between 8 to 10 showings since we first listed.  Our Realtor has provided us with ZERO feedback from those showings.  I’ve talked to several other home owners around my area and they seem to be getting a little more information from their Realtor than we have.  What exactly does a Realtor do, anyway?  I know they list your property on the MLS and on their company’s website.  But isn’t there something else?  Do they just sit back and reap the rewards when your house finally does sell?  We are updated every Monday as to which properties sold in the past week or which new properties are listed.  He also throws in there a little “Yay for me!” before he ends his emails too.  That’s right, kick us while we’re down.  I didn’t give myself enough time to get educated on selling by owner but  next time around, I will be doing all of the work so I don’t have anyone to bitch and complain about except myself.

Then there are the showings.  I welcome them any time of day or night.  Really, I do.  We just need this place to SELL.  My only pet peeves are when they say they’re going to be here between a specific time frame and end up showing up 45 minutes later than planned.  Also, virtually every single time we’ve had a showing, it’s been raining.  That just puts a damper on everything.  It isn’t a picnic showing a house with a toddler either.  There is the clinging to my legs when I’m trying to clean and the getting back out the toys after I’ve put them all away.  Then there is my husband and myself.  We just seem to accumulate junk everywhere.

I’m just getting tired of this routine.  I want to have some magical solution to getting into the heads of buyers.  BUY OUR TOWN HOME!  Ignore what “they” are saying about this being a bad real estate market.  Get out there and shop some homes.  Lets stop this depressing trend and show “them” who is boss!

*One of my original Chicago Moms Blog posts