| Mr. and Mrs. Buyer have just seen a
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| | The family room features a large brick
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| listing photo of a house that's right up
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| | fireplace.After:
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| their alley. It seems to have the
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| | The family room's grand fireplace will
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| features they want, and it's within their
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| | keep you cozy during Colorado
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| price range. Now, continuing in the
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| | winters.Don't underestimate the small
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| process, they read the details. They read
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| | stuff.
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| what you've written to describe the
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| | If you're creating a short, bulleted
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| house.This is when the quality of your
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| | "laundry list" of features, be as
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| listing language either moves them
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| | specific and all-inclusive as possible.
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| forward, or drops them off.The first
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| | The house might have a feature that makes
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| parts of the listing are easy to write,
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| | you yawn but makes a buyer perk up:Extra
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| and they're often enough to get a buyer
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| | outlets in the media room.
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| to come out for a visit. Number of
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| | Low-maintenance deck material.
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| bedrooms. Square feet. The basics.But
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| | Wrought-iron gate. Picket fence.
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| your goal is to get as many interested
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| | Sometimes the smallest things make the
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| buyers as possible to come out, which
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| | biggest difference to people.Use brand
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| obviously increases the likelihood of a
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| | names.
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| sale. So you have to go beyond the
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| | Certain brands can add value to a house
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| basics. Here are some tips to help you do
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| | through name alone. First, you must
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| just that:Do the necessary research.
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| | identify these brand names and make a
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| When I'm hired to write about the
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| | list of them. This comes from the
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| benefits / qualities of a product or
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| | research we mentioned above.Then it's
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| service, I almost always spend more time
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| | simply a matter of weaving them into your
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| researching than writing. I never write a
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| | property description.Note the difference
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| single word until I know, with certainty,
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| | in the example below:Before:
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| what's worth writing about and what's
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| | Rear deckAfter:
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| not.The point is, you can't write
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| | Rear deck built with low-maintenance
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| everything about a house in a listing -
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| | Trex(R) material (with transferable
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| there's no room for that. So you have to
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| | lifetime warranty).I've exaggerated the
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| examine the property inside and out to
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| | contrast between these examples for
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| find those things that make it truly
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| | demonstration purposes. But you get the
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| unique. You have to dig up the unique
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| | idea.Conclusion
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| selling points.Put the reader in the
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| | Buyers are looking for more than a
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| house.
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| | house. They also want a home. A house is
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| Whenever possible, try to describe the
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| | walls and ceilings. A home is where
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| enjoyment that results from a particular
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| | memories are made. It's up to you to
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| feature (as opposed to describing the
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| | bring this across with your listing
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| feature by itself).Note the difference in
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| | language.Brandon Cornett has worked as a
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| the examples below.Before:
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| | writer and advertising manager within the
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| This house has a rear deck with a lake
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| | direct mail industry. He now dedicates
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| view.After:
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| | his time to helping agents and brokers
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| Enjoy watching sunsets over Jefferson
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| | improve their real estate marketing
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| Lake from your screened-in rear
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| | programs.
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| deck.Before:
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