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We have had three showings (already!) in the 10 days our house has been on the market. Here are the comments we received from the "lookers" on a response form they completed after each showing.

"nice home, clean and well cared for. like the open space behind the home, like the floor plan. feel like the deck neeeds a little tlc. It's on the top three list though. thanks!"

"this is a nice home and shows well. thank you for the sellers disclosure statements. The buyer has found one home they like better at this point. thank you."

"my client's decided they don't like this floor plan. The home showed beautifully and honestly had some really nice features."

There are four other questions they ask regarding the property meeting buyers criteria, the opinion of the condition of the property, the opinion of the selling price, and the overall interest of the buyer. We are getting all positive feedback with those questions too but no buyer.

We totally agree with the "deck needs some tlc" comment but it is early March and we just haven't had the time. And couple #2 tracked mud all over the carpet (causing Andy to almost stroke out in anger)....probably why they found a house they liked better at that point. It had cleaner carpets! Two of the three showings have happened in the pouring down rain, and Andy has had to bring the ambulance (and the EMT driver) home with him twice because we found out about the showings after I went to work and he was at the fire station. Luckily the worst they had to do was change a light bulb, empty the dishwasher, and turn on the Scentsy warmers.

Overall a positive ten days. It is great to get the feedback saying nice things about the house, because the self doubt is toxic. Sometimes I wish someone would just say something negative so we would know what to work on, but then that would make me almost stroke out.