{"id":481,"date":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.showhomes.com\/houston\/dont-get-ghosted-a-sellers-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T00:00:30","slug":"dont-get-ghosted-a-sellers-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.showhomes.com\/houston\/dont-get-ghosted-a-sellers-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Get Ghosted: A Seller&#8217;s Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#000033\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<p><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#000033\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Gather round, this is a truly haunting story. It happened in a time not too long ago&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A dear friend built this beautiful luxury property and listed it for over $3M, but it was vacant and buyers weren&#8217;t responding.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Almost 2 years later it was still on the market, but now the list price was $2.8M.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#000033\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/o7f50BGE7nKRtxt5ImEUeVUVUVB152vyFn24YBJyXdHMpMjai0Bj0-u2vfE8acOVwUHl37oOaJl4Vn9TemkCN3Nfj8UF2mg2EWjeDkjaALTNha7WvTA9zPuyikLu07a_5r4rW_UhRuPN1XYoWHKu570xiM9OzxHBcAkc8WyvxeE96oDATrkDp1uyT80Urf5gHBrAmAMtDm1p6kix_Hl6XnkugJZwNF2QGdKEPtt4RAFSy9up4iXprJ4sRF7MS_w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/hs-6251356.f.hubspotstarter.net\/hub\/6251356\/hubfs\/Canva%20images\/over%202%20years%20on%20market.png?width=1160&amp;upscale=true&amp;name=over%202%20years%20on%20market.png\" alt=\"over 2 years on market\"><\/font><\/div>\n<p><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#000033\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s when our friend called us. We staged the home and <i>they had an offer 5 weeks later.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold;\">But the cost of NOT staging was over $200,000 in lost sales revenue<\/b><b>,<\/b> plus the carrying costs for over 2 years. Truly horrifying.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#000033\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/k1TGJzOpoAxyNYhrAy_-7skkpG7rIszMYnwhsa_JO75WrAOi_3sGxrwLX0Pt3v25IvD8PgdEs-vNAJEKRZTx-ZHxUtR3SLjA9X1nOeb69LxsNVSC5GhvUvFL_ISt7oFNGZxGzbluZAfl47oAZtNRMlCadPv3k8esI-pDroH2o_8fMTOprUFH_0juSgLpjUHSqBtLTowkS8qMC8dQTvXf2m3P_pVniEOMV20j-Vs=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/hs-6251356.f.hubspotstarter.net\/hub\/6251356\/hubfs\/Canva%20images\/sold%20in%205%20weeks.png?width=1120&amp;upscale=true&amp;name=sold%20in%205%20weeks.png\" alt=\"sold in 5 weeks\"><\/font><\/div>\n<p><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#000033\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">It might feel like you&#8217;re saving money when you forego staging, but those hidden costs will get you in the end.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Remember kiddos: <b>Staging a home is a marketing investment that sellers recover with a QUICK sale.<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#76a5af\" face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"6\">Is your listing getting ghosted?<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#76a5af\" face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"6\">Forget ghostbusters-&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#76a5af\" face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><b>call Showhomes Houston!<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#76a5af\" face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(118, 165, 175); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;\">832-289-7513<\/span><font color=\"#76a5af\" face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font face=\"verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Do you like scary stories? 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