Here is an article that takes the perspective of what sellers can do to not sell their home.  Mike Andruff  details the many ways that sellers can sabotage a home sale, just by doing or failing to do the 5 things listed in his article: http://www.realestatearticledirectory.com/articles/for-sale-by-owner/article662.html      Great reading from a less serious perspective, but all too true.