Most sellers don’t want to hear it… but when it comes to maximizing the selling price of your home, your best friend is just a bucket away: It’s paint! In this episode the Pickle Lady shares some horror stories of selling disasters that could have been covered up with an quick and easy coat or two.
Video Transcript good afternoon hey
guess where we’re standing this is the
what are the gazebo
in the square here in downtown prescott
and over my shoulder
is the lovely jersey lilies yep not open
right now but it is one of my
favorite places yeah yeah yeah close
down for the
coronavirus pandemic but i’m not worried
it’s going to come back
oh absolutely and we’re going to be
bigger and better than before
absolutely very excited about that we’re
here to talk today about
how paint is your friend
paint is definitely your friend yes uh
so when you are getting ready to sell
your house um
and maybe you have some color that you
loved you thought was just amazing
maybe not so much for the general
purpose yeah yeah
so tell them tell them about the mint
house i will we call it the mint house
yeah
it’s not mint anymore it’s not mitch
anymore but it was a beautiful home
in a beautiful neighborhood i mean
surrounded by gorgeous rocks and
boulders and i mean
single store beautiful great views we
showed that house i
love that house i showed it i showed it
i showed it
so beautiful what threw everybody off
was
the majority of the home was a light
light pale pale green
yeah it didn’t but honestly it didn’t
bother me at all yeah it was
it was subtle it wasn’t like her shirt
no
no it was no it was a very
light mint screen yes but
most of our buyers just could not get
past it
they were just like oh my god the green
the green the green they it lost
everything else that the the qualities
that this home had were completely lost
in the mist which was what’s your
response
lost in the mint yeah correct lost in
the mint
so after it was on the market about six
months they finally painted it a generic
color and it’s still but by that point
it was stale it was stale everyone like
all the agents in town
were calling it the men house the mentos
and even after they painted it
they couldn’t get people to go in and
see it
and honestly i think that i think that
color
cost them maybe a hundred thousand
dollars they really had to kind of sell
this
beautiful lovely home they had to give
it away they had to give it away
because it’s not in the market it’s that
on the market so when you have an
agent she goes in and she will say you
need to do this this this and this
don’t take it personally yeah this is at
that point when you decide to sell it
becomes a business transaction yeah
absolutely
so we want to get you the best dollar
for your home
yep absolutely follow our advice
listen to mom and dad if you think
they’re going to be able to look past
your mentoring they’re not they’re not
if you they’re going to look past that
busy wallpaper to them
and if even if they can if they can
they’re probably an investor
and they know they’re the only people
who can look past the look past the
color
in the wallpaper so they’re going to
give you lowball offers
paint is your friend and paint is cheap
and it covers
all kinds of problems it does it makes
it nice and fresh
smells good smells good and in the
scheme of things what you spend on paint
compared to the difference in price that
you’ll get is uh
negligible it is absolutely and it saves
you time on market
yeah just swallow it so i’m going to
accept this
and i’m going to look at this as a
business transaction not
get the emotion out of it yeah and don’t
don’t paint everything just white
uh a lot of people have white people
white
sheep and white doesn’t bother you
particularly if you’re not gonna have
furnishings in the house
well that’s gonna show well that’s true
it cheapens it um
yeah if you if you list with us we’ll
have
our world-class designer and give you
advice about what colors or whether you
need to paint and all that
listen to her she has done multi-million
dollar homes with some very famous
people she really knows what she’s doing
and uh she can keep things cheap and
effective for you
uh but don’t just go white i just don’t
go away a lot of people think oh i’m
just gonna paint it white
okay we don’t all have to listen to you
though
white’s
he’s getting on my nerves yeah thank god
we don’t have white walls you’d be dead
wouldn’t survive in the bright house
anyway
[Laughter]
hey you like this wind down check uh you
should subscribe so you don’t miss any
of our weekly updates you’ll see
green buttons all over the website click
one of them and uh you can subscribe to
make sure you follow us
uh lots of free information correct uh
lots and lots of free information go to
pickle411.com whether you’re a buyer
seller and it will walk you through it
all kinds of great stuff
uh for sellers if uh
numbers and statistics and tips for
getting the most money out of your house
and all kinds of things we got it people
we got it all going on
it’s an all complete website
comprehensive
prescript relocation center it’s a lot
it’s a lot but i mean it’ll really give
you a good education and it’s
very very informative pickle411.com
there you have it cheers can you cheers
watch out
subscribe subscribe subscribe bye have a
good day
guess where we’re standing this is the
what are the gazebo
in the square here in downtown prescott
and over my shoulder
is the lovely jersey lilies yep not open
right now but it is one of my
favorite places yeah yeah yeah close
down for the
coronavirus pandemic but i’m not worried
it’s going to come back
oh absolutely and we’re going to be
bigger and better than before
absolutely very excited about that we’re
here to talk today about
how paint is your friend
paint is definitely your friend yes uh
so when you are getting ready to sell
your house um
and maybe you have some color that you
loved you thought was just amazing
maybe not so much for the general
purpose yeah yeah
so tell them tell them about the mint
house i will we call it the mint house
yeah
it’s not mint anymore it’s not mitch
anymore but it was a beautiful home
in a beautiful neighborhood i mean
surrounded by gorgeous rocks and
boulders and i mean
single store beautiful great views we
showed that house i
love that house i showed it i showed it
i showed it
so beautiful what threw everybody off
was
the majority of the home was a light
light pale pale green
yeah it didn’t but honestly it didn’t
bother me at all yeah it was
it was subtle it wasn’t like her shirt
no
no it was no it was a very
light mint screen yes but
most of our buyers just could not get
past it
they were just like oh my god the green
the green the green they it lost
everything else that the the qualities
that this home had were completely lost
in the mist which was what’s your
response
lost in the mint yeah correct lost in
the mint
so after it was on the market about six
months they finally painted it a generic
color and it’s still but by that point
it was stale it was stale everyone like
all the agents in town
were calling it the men house the mentos
and even after they painted it
they couldn’t get people to go in and
see it
and honestly i think that i think that
color
cost them maybe a hundred thousand
dollars they really had to kind of sell
this
beautiful lovely home they had to give
it away they had to give it away
because it’s not in the market it’s that
on the market so when you have an
agent she goes in and she will say you
need to do this this this and this
don’t take it personally yeah this is at
that point when you decide to sell it
becomes a business transaction yeah
absolutely
so we want to get you the best dollar
for your home
yep absolutely follow our advice
listen to mom and dad if you think
they’re going to be able to look past
your mentoring they’re not they’re not
if you they’re going to look past that
busy wallpaper to them
and if even if they can if they can
they’re probably an investor
and they know they’re the only people
who can look past the look past the
color
in the wallpaper so they’re going to
give you lowball offers
paint is your friend and paint is cheap
and it covers
all kinds of problems it does it makes
it nice and fresh
smells good smells good and in the
scheme of things what you spend on paint
compared to the difference in price that
you’ll get is uh
negligible it is absolutely and it saves
you time on market
yeah just swallow it so i’m going to
accept this
and i’m going to look at this as a
business transaction not
get the emotion out of it yeah and don’t
don’t paint everything just white
uh a lot of people have white people
white
sheep and white doesn’t bother you
particularly if you’re not gonna have
furnishings in the house
well that’s gonna show well that’s true
it cheapens it um
yeah if you if you list with us we’ll
have
our world-class designer and give you
advice about what colors or whether you
need to paint and all that
listen to her she has done multi-million
dollar homes with some very famous
people she really knows what she’s doing
and uh she can keep things cheap and
effective for you
uh but don’t just go white i just don’t
go away a lot of people think oh i’m
just gonna paint it white
okay we don’t all have to listen to you
though
white’s
he’s getting on my nerves yeah thank god
we don’t have white walls you’d be dead
wouldn’t survive in the bright house
anyway
[Laughter]
hey you like this wind down check uh you
should subscribe so you don’t miss any
of our weekly updates you’ll see
green buttons all over the website click
one of them and uh you can subscribe to
make sure you follow us
uh lots of free information correct uh
lots and lots of free information go to
pickle411.com whether you’re a buyer
seller and it will walk you through it
all kinds of great stuff
uh for sellers if uh
numbers and statistics and tips for
getting the most money out of your house
and all kinds of things we got it people
we got it all going on
it’s an all complete website
comprehensive
prescript relocation center it’s a lot
it’s a lot but i mean it’ll really give
you a good education and it’s
very very informative pickle411.com
there you have it cheers can you cheers
watch out
subscribe subscribe subscribe bye have a
good day
