'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Desperate times call for desperate measures, the old saying goes. So here's the question: How desperate are you to sell your home?
"A pool or a hot tub can be an issue," said Wade Franklin, marketing manager for Jim Downs Real Estate in Manassas, Va. "A lot of things that require a lot of maintenance are not things that buyers want to deal with."
"I don't know how much it really helps," Mr. Franklin said. "We try not to push them toward one property or another."
