home in turnkey condition for showing purposes — for example, if you have young children — consider vacating before putting the home on the market.
Cons of Moving Out
A vacant home can signal that the homeowner is a “motivated seller” who needs to sell quickly. Consider this example, a buyer saw that a home was vacant and offered $30,000 less than the asking price. The buyer was sold on the home anyway and would have paid more, but “haggling” began well below asking price because the buyer assumed the owner was desperate to sell.
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