Here's an open letter I'd like to send to the people that just visited my house: **** Dear people that just visited my house, I don't know you, and unless you buy my house I'll likely never meet you. Please buy my house. Do you realize that I had to take an hour off work in scorching hot weather to rush home and clean up because you wanted to do a 2nd visit on such short notice? The least you could do is make me a grand offer for the place. Luckily for me I was able to get out of work and clean up, because my family makes a mess pretty quickly. It's mostly my son, but he's just a kid and the words "clean that up right now!" aren't quite registering. Still, he gives spontaneous hugs which are cute. I think you'll find the place looks great. Sure, it's a bit warm, but I turned the air conditioner on for you. I know, I know...it doesn't cool the whole place down, but that's cause the place is so big and airy; just the way you like it right? Anyway, I hope you buy the house. As you might imagine I'm fairly tired of cleaning, but this time, when I cleaned up just for you it was really more a pleasure than a horrible burden that left me sweaty, tired, behind in my work and irritable. Truly, I wanted to clean the place for you. Sincerely, Me. PS. I hope you didn't look under the bed. Or the futon. Actually, I'll apologize right now if you looked in the cupboard underneath the sink. **** Last week I wrote a post, Selling Your Home Sucks. I'm Sick of Cleaning. As you can see though, I'm trying to be more Zen about it. How am I doing? (Technorati Tags: selling your house, cleaning your house, staging your house, real estate)