If you don’t make it shine, you’re wasting your time!

This phrase sounds like part of the chorus from the newest pop song. But it’s not. “If you don’t make it shine, you’re wasting your time,” is the simple real estate truth that home sellers are learning right now.

Take a look at the statistics for the Greenville SC area. If you do the math, there is about 20.2 months of inventory on the market right now. That means it will take more than 20 months to sell all the homes that are currently on the market for sale (if we continue to follow the current trend). That is almost 2 years of inventory. And, the issue is compounded when you understand that the population of homes on the market will most likely grow as we get into the Spring season. (more…)