Two years ago I took a listing. The house is less than 10 years old, located in a desirable part of town, house size is good for the price we listed.
However, the house had been rented before, and the renter left a smoking smell behind... In addition, when owners rented to the past renter, they rented $300-400 below market.
Anyway, the smoke smell did not help the listing despite our marketing effort. After 6 months owners decided to rent again.
This time it was rented to better qualified tenant, and at market rental price. This saved the owners $3600 that year.
While house was listed, I saw that the windows are foggy-- meaning they had broken thermal seals. Since house is under 10 years old, I investigated whether windows were still under warranty. They were! So the owners got 3 windows replaced for FREE. That saved them another $600.
Although house still not sold, at least in the past month, the owner saved $4000.
Thus is the value of Realtor!
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