Don’t Pay $30,000 to Give a Stranger a Nicer Kitchen
Over 25 years and 500+ guided transitions, I’ve watched brilliant, successful people lose tens of thousands of dollars selling their Twin Cities home — to one of 20 predictable mistakes. My job is to protect your equity from your emotions. This free guide shows you how.
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Twin Cities Home-Seller’s Survival Guide
20 Listing-Killers That Kill Your Sale
The Listing-Killers I See Over and Over
The Zestimate Delusion
An Edina couple trusted Zillow’s $850K over comps that said $775K. The listing sat for 45 days with almost no showings. Five months and two price cuts later, it sold for $740,000.
The $50K Kitchen Reno Trap
A Minnetonka family spent $45,000 gutting their kitchen before listing. They recouped $15,000 of it in the sale price — paying $30,000 out of pocket for a buyer’s taste, not theirs.
“We Can Always Reduce Later”
A Linden Hills seller listed $50K over value to “test the market.” Two reductions and 70 days later, a buyer smelled desperation and offered $570,000 — well under the home’s true worth.
This is 3 of 20. The other 17 — plus how we prep, price, and launch — are inside.
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Chris Deutsch, Lakes Area Realty
I’m not the agent who tells you what you want to hear. Over 25 years and 500+ guided transitions in the Twin Cities, I’ve watched brilliant, successful sellers leave real money on the table to avoidable mistakes. My job is to protect your equity from your emotions — so you walk away with everything this market owes you.