06/10/2026
🤯 Yesterday, my buyers and I arrived for their final walkthrough and were greeted by something we should never have seen: a garage full of the seller’s unwanted belongings.
Here’s the reality: sellers are expected to deliver the property vacant and broom-clean at closing. Leaving behind furniture, boxes, and junk for the buyers to deal with is simply not acceptable.
Fortunately, the seller was still on-site attempting to clear out the remaining items. When I asked what happened, the response was, “I tried to get rid of the stuff, but I just couldn’t do it.”
My answer?
“That doesn’t make it my buyers’ responsibility.”
Why should my client (especially elderly buyers) be expected to spend their time, money, and energy removing someone else’s belongings after they’ve already purchased the home?
The answer is simple: they shouldn’t.
The solution that I offered the seller: If they wanted the transaction to close on schedule, they needed to compensate the buyers for the cost of professional junk removal.
Advocating for my clients isn’t always glamorous. Sometimes it means having uncomfortable conversations and standing firm when something isn’t right.
And that’s exactly what I was hired to do.
𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃,
Your Real Estate Concierge
𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙆𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮
Selling Luxury & Real Estate Investments
