I'm responding to the Aug. 2 article by Ellen James Martin, "Keep Home Orderly but Still Have a Life."
Give me a break!
Buyers are not buying the lifestyle of the present owner of a home the buyers are seeking to buy. Buyers are not buying personal property of the owner of the home the buyer is seeking to buy. Is the picture clear, yet?
I really feel strongly about the claptrap owners are fed by so-called expert real estate professionals who take over the life of owners when owners decide to sell their residential property. People live in their homes. Buyers are not buying the family who own that home or their belongings or their habits or their principles.
When are agents and brokers going to start working for their client instead of their own self-interest? There is out there some mystique about how an owner must act when he or she puts a home up for sale. Rot! Balderdash!