Lights add color and warmth, and make prospects feel welcome. Crowd Scenes Potential buyers often feel like intruders when they enter a home filled with people. Rather than giving your house the attention it deserves, they re likely to hurry through. Keep the company present to a minimum. Your Pets Dogs and cats are great companions, but not when you re showing your home.
Pets have a talent for getting underfoot.
Keep Kitty and Spot outside, or at least out of the way. But it might kill a real estate transaction. Be friendly, but don t try to force conversation. Prospects want to view your home with a minimum of distraction. No matter how humble your abode, never apologize for its shortcomings.