Selling real estate in Riverside, CA is kinda like playing poker. You don't want tip your hand to early. What do we mean by that? Well property owners, agents, and even investors sometimes make the mistake of prematurely showing a property in Riverside, CA. That is, showing it before its ready.

What happens is, especially in this market, is as soon as something goes up for sale and if decentley priced Riverside, CA agents are bombarded with requests to show the property.

But you need to make sure the property is ready to be shown.

Remember first impressions last. For instance there was a home that an investor had bought and immediately put it back on the market, thinking he would have time to do his repairs. He was overwhelmed with calls to show the property.

The first couple that viewed the property noticed the home smelled like urine (We know, gross right!) and there other things that needed to be repaired.

After a month the property had been completely repaired and in fact really looked good. He spent a small fortune having the inside thoroughly cleaned to remove the urine smell. After the same couple came back and viewed the property again.

Guess What? Yup, they still smelled urine!

Even though they were the only ones to smell it after the property had been cleaned and repaired. Needless to say the offer this couple made was a little low.

So remember, showing the property before its ready could end up costing you thousands of dollars because the property didn't make a good impression on Riverside, CA home buyers.

The home doesn'thave to be perfect, but it has to be able to create an image in the buyers mind that helps cement the belief that they could actually live there.

And urine smell does not do that!