Tips for Selling a Home with Pets
Posted by Greg Dewar on
You love your pets of course, and you’ve shared your home with them for a long time. You feel like your house is their house too, and justifiably so. You can’t imagine your home without them.
But the fact is, when you’re trying to sell your home, showing the house with pets around, or even any signs of them, is simply not a good idea. Too many people are just turned off at the presence of a pet, for a variety of reasons, some good, some bad. Maybe they’re worried about possible damage to the home. Maybe they have allergies. Maybe they had a bad experience when they were a child. Maybe they just don’t like animals.
I know first hand what it takes. I have a very hairy, 100lb, Alaskan Malamute. She is a fantastic dog but she makes a mess of things!…
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