| In a slow market, sellers are willing to try just about | | | | also say that if the buyer agrees to care for them |
| anything to lure in prospective buyers. Sellers and | | | | when they can no longer care for themselves, the |
| builders are routinely offering things such as cabinet | | | | buyer will also receive the couple's retirement home in |
| upgrades, kitchen remodeling, and other freebies to | | | | Arizona upon their death. Not a bad deal, though they |
| home buyers. It was common in the past for sellers of | | | | haven't had any takers yet. |
| to pay buyers' closing costs and broker bonuses, but | | | | Ron Phipps, a Rhode Island broker is also getting |
| now they're taking the incentive game to another level. | | | | creative with incentives. He aims to tie the incentive |
| Because of the cooling market, some people are going | | | | promotion to some aspect of the property. For |
| to extremes to offer incentives like five-day cruise | | | | instance, if the yard is beautiful but requires a lot of |
| vacations, money-back guarantees, Ikea gift cards, golf | | | | care, he'll offer free landscaping for a year. If a |
| club memberships, and in one particularly unique case, | | | | bathroom is dated, he'll throw in a free renovation. He |
| their inheritance. | | | | even went as far as to give anyone who came just |
| A Current World News article reports that Bob and | | | | to look at a house 30 days of free groceries. |
| Ricki Husick of Pittsburgh, PA. actually went as far as | | | | Some other crazy incentives include one builder, |
| offering a full cash refund to their buyer when they die. | | | | Georgia-based Forrest Homes, who is giving away a |
| The couple, who are currently asking for just under | | | | two-year lease on a Volkswagen Beetle with a home |
| $400,000 for the 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home, say that | | | | purchase. Pulte Homes, a Michigan-based homebuilder, |
| whoever buys their home will get this money back plus | | | | is paying the heating bills for six months to anyone |
| $100,000 when the couple dies, though some | | | | who buys a home. |
| stipulations do apply. The buyer must wait until the | | | | It's certain that everyone wants something for nothing, |
| Husicks die to receive the money and the couple must | | | | and as housing market cools, homebuyers are starting |
| die of natural causes. | | | | to get just that with some creative and downright |
| But that's not all the Pittsburgh couple is offering. They | | | | crazy ncentives. |