Can You Sell a Friend's House?

I had someone email me yesterday wondering if my eBook, I CAN Sell This House: Secrets to Selling Quickly in a Buyers' Market, could help them sell their friends' house. That's a tough question. If you've been following along with me, you know that one of my main focuses is emotional detachment. I'll say it again, "It's relatively easy to sell a house. It's almost impossible to sell your home."

If you are trying to sell a house for a friend, you probably don't have that emotional attachment to the property that the friends might have. I suppose that it would really depend on the friends' state of mind: are they sad about having to sell? Do they wish they didn't have to sell? Would they rather hold onto the house? I don't know the answers to those questions, and the questioner didn't give me the back story.

I told the truth as I see it: I cannot guarantee that using my action plan can help you sell your house or your friends' house. I can only guarantee that I CAN Sell This House is a progression--from emotional detachment, through depersonalizing, to staging, listing and maintaining the stage through closing--that, if followed with intention, gives you the best possible chance for the house to attract its new owner.

Again, I must stress that in this down market, you are best served by hiring an expert Realtor who can advise you through all stages of the game. So--can my book help you sell your friends' house? I don't know. I do know that, if you are sincere in wanting to sell your own house and are ready to cut emotional ties to the house, your mantra must be I CAN Sell This House.