we had been looking to move to another nearby city for about 6 months, i looked at realtor.com endlessly and we went to open houses on weekends, i didnt want to bother a realtor at that point. and then The House came on the market on the thursday, didnt have an open house on the weekend (hmmm...they always did at that time) so i had my husband scope the neighborhood after work one day..he said it was lovely... we quick called an agent we had met at an open house who we really liked, had her make an appt. to see the house... they were doing all of the showings on thursday. hmm.... we had to stand on the sidewalk while the appt before us was viewing the house, thought i would pee in my pants. i was DELIGHTED when i saw the woman put the info sheet back on the hall table on her way out. we saw the house, decided to buy it, went to our agents office to make the offer for asking price +$1000, she said we should write a note to the owner about how much we loved the house, so i did... couldnt hardly sleep that night wondering what was up. exchanged emails with our agent at 5 am, she couldnt sleep either. laid in bed discussing to husband how we wouldnt offer a penny more.... at 8 am our offer was accepted. 6 people viewed the house, and 5 made offers. we were far from the highest bid (so they reported) but we were the only one not needing a mortgage so it would be on inspection alone. this was just 6 years ago this week, and the honeymoon still isnt over. it was The House when i laid eyes on it the first time and its still The House. we still are in touch with our agent, she still gives us a present every christmas. she made a lovely commission on 10 minutes of work and 18 hours of sweating with me.

This is so true.........these HGTV shows are not real life. Find a good real estate agent in Charlotte that you can trust and buy a house that you can you like.... You will be better off if you can buy a house that is finished the way that you want it. It is very costly to remodel and upgrade..........I know.........these shows do the work for free and charge just for the materials........they are not real at all. If you have to remodel a kitchen or a bathroom, get a realistic price from a contractor before you buy.

Thanks Dark Eclipse Studios. That`s what I initially thought. I'm open to new ideas and such, and I don't know, MAYBE there is that possibility that this teamwork might work out. But thinking about the overall picture, I don't how I could be of use at the beginning of a listing to the very end - closing the sale. I mean, shouldn't it be the agent's job to GUIDE the homeowners about what`s BEST for them? If the agent urges staging needs, then that`s where I come in. Most of the time I would be working with the agent anyway correct?, and of course I would be interacting with the homeowners as well, but really, I'm staging or de-cluttering their home for MARKETING purposes not for their LIVING purposes. Tell me IF I'm wrong ? or where I am wrong?

However, want and can are two different things.