Scott Daniels' post on the number of properties on the market because of divorce led me to these comments:
How often when you are showing a house do you KNOW that this is a divorce situation? Is it that only half of the rooms are furnished? Is it that the living room is now a billiard room? Is it the Left-Over-Party atmosphere?
When my daughter, a REALTOR, left her husband and her home, she knew about "The Look". She sorted through her clothes and had the piles of Keep and Give-to-Good-Will. Instead of sending the one pile to charity, she hung it back in the closet. How often have you KNOWN it was a divorce because the closet had only men's clothes or only women's clothes?
There have been some excellent posts on staging from Craig Schiller and others, most of them deal with furniture arrangement and decor. Expand your thinking, and Stage a normal selling motivation as well.
Melissa - it takes a Village.
Vicky - that's exactly the point.
Mana and Barbara Jo - glad it gave you something new to think about.
Randy - and some are too miserable and/or too busy to care about the condition of the home. None good situations for getting the home sold. My last divorce home, however, was always in immaculate condition and a pleasure to show.