The Best Adjective for “Home”?  “Sold!”

What do you call an Edina rambler that — at least according to my open house traffic the other weekend — was “too big,” “too small,” “too open,” “not open enough,” “too dated,” “too feedbackexpensive” . . . and about 10 more fussy comments in a similar vein?

Give up?

Try, “Sold!”

“Too, Too . . .” How About “Fussy?”  Yeah!  THAT’s the Word

The Buyer and Seller finished signing the Purchase Agreement scarcely three hours after the open house (the negotiation had actually begun the previous Friday), and two more Buyers were eagerly waiting in the wings.

P.S.:  My favorite showing feedback was from a Buyer’s agent who responded something like this:  Curb Appeal?  “Poor.”  Condition?  “Below Average.”  Floor Plan?  “Atrocious.” Price?  “Substantially above market.”

The last line of the form:  “my Buyer has serious interest, please keep us in the loop.”

See also, “The Best Kind of Showing Feedback”“The Positive Uses of Buyer Feedback“; “Buyer Feedback:  ‘Win, Place, or Show”; “Customized’ Buyer Feedback Forms“; and “Complete Showing Feedback Form, Get Miles??

And also:  “Knowing When to Flush Negative Feedback”; “Showing Feedback:  Outlier or Mainstream?“; and “The “My-Client-Didn’t-Like-It-Stop-Bugging-Me’ Showing Feedback.”

About the author

Ross Kaplan has 19+ years experience selling real estate all over the Twin Cities. He is also a 12-time consecutive "Super Real Estate Agent," as determined by Mpls. - St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine. Prior to becoming a Realtor, Ross was an attorney (corporate law), CPA, and entrepreneur. He holds an economics degree from Stanford.

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