Listing your home = wearing a hair shirt (sack cloth)

I was thinking about the Renaissance festival and how strange that time was in history. Sure jousting or eating a turkey leg like a barbarian are cute but then there is the really strange stuff. The weirdest for me is the hair shirt. Per my understanding it was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth (sackcloth) or animal hair (hair shirt) worn close to the skin to cause irritation. To bump up the discomfort they would add twigs or thin wires! It was used in some religious traditions to induce discomfort or pain as a sign of repentance and atonement.

  Well to put it simply, listing your home is like wearing a hair shirt! It is perpetually uncomfortable and nobody really looks forward to the process of preparing their home. It is not natural to stage your home with rented furniture and paint it colors that other people would like instead of your color taste. It feels like it would be itchy and uncomfortable all of the time. Hence the hair shirt analogy.

It doesn't have to be this stressful and uncomfortable!

 1. Use professionals to break down the process: a stager, de-clutter professional, moving company, checklists and handymen.

 2. Realtor - Know your numbers, how much it will cost to sell your home? Net sheet, market analysis 

3. Put a deadline to the process, decide what needs to be done and then put the resources you have available to get it done. This way you will be ready faster and the market should be about the same as it was when you started the process. The market changes so ask your Realtor to update your numbers as the market changes. 

4. Depend on worse case scenario. It is always best to prepare like it has to sell. 

5. Focus on the outcome and the direction that you, your family or whatever the scenario, are trying to accomplish. It will be a wonderful future ahead!

6.Keep a positive attitude, it always attracts the best results. You may even see the hairshirt as funny?