The 9 Emotions of Selling a Home: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Minneapolis Real Estate Podcast with Erik Winegarden

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Selling a home can be an extremely emotional process, and because it isn’t something most people do very often in their lifetime, it’s sometimes confusing to know what feelings are normal.
Well, if you’ve found yourself riding an emotional rollercoaster during your selling experience, you’re not alone. There are nine emotional stages most sellers go tend to go through over the course of their transaction.
1. Excitement. Once sellers have finally signed the listing documents, they tend to feel energized by the prospect of the sale.

2. Anxiety. After the home is live on the market, a number of “what-if” scenarios can start popping into a seller’s mind. They wonder whether anyone will like their home, whether they’re going to get a fair deal, and whether they’re making the right choice in the first place.
3. Delight. Shortly into the listing process, nervous energy starts to wear off and sellers bounce back to the positive end of the emotional spectrum. Everything appears to be going well, and all signs point to a successful closing being well in sight.
4. Disappointment. Whether it comes from an unpleasant surprise on the inspection report, a difficult negotiation period, or something else entirely, most sellers will have the wind knocked from their sails at some point during the deal.
5. Elation. As the end of the transaction draws near and problems are resolved, the joy of seeing everything come together begins to set in.

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If you’ve found yourself riding an emotional rollercoaster during your selling experience, you’re not alone.

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6. Worry. Until the sellers have reached the closing table, there’s always the chance for more problems to arise. Last-minute details, like the appraisal, can easily take a seller from thrilled to troubled once more.
7. Relief. At last, when they’ve crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s, sellers can finally relax knowing that all their hard work has paid off.
8. Sadness. Even after everything is settled, the reality of knowing their home now belongs to someone else can be somewhat hard to swallow.
9. Joy. After the melancholy dissipates, sellers will find that everything they went through up until this point was worth it.
When you go through the process of selling a home, these ups and downs are normal. As a real estate professional who handles these transactions every day, I still go through this rollercoaster when I sell my own homes. I completely understand what this process and the feelings it brings are like, and would be more than happy to guide you through both.
If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.