Maurice Gilmore - SECRETS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME ALONE

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As with your valuables and medications, if you absolutely need to, and your friend or relative is OK with it, give them your firearms to hold onto as well.

FIGURE OUT VULNERABILITIES BEFOREHAND

Determine where in your home your screams will not be heard from outside. Do not accompany them to any of those areas, period. For example, if you know for a fact that no one will be able to hear you yell from your basement, send all prospective buyers down there by themselves. To test this, have someone be outside of your home, preferably on the sidewalk or in front of your neighbor’s home, and scream in different areas of the house.

ASK FOR IDENTIFICATION

As a prospective buyer comes to see your home, ask them to show you their identification, such as a driver’s license. If they refuse to show you or do not have it with them, tell them that they will need to come back later when they have their identification, or that you do not allow people into your home unless they show it to you. If they begin to argue with you over this or have an issue with it in general, shut and lock your door. Better safe than sorry, in all cases! The argument is not worth the loss of your belongings—or your life.

DON'T GIVE THEM PERSONAL DETAILS

For example, if you are going on vacation next week and the house will be completely vacant the whole time, do not say so. In fact, do not give them any details about your personal life, period. The less they know about you and your life, the better! They’re here to buy a house, not be your friend.

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