I’m sure that had something to do with listening to the BP podcast for advice and the episode where she laid out specific items to be careful of when selling.We bought an image on Etsy for the sign customized with my name and number, then had a sign company print and mail them to us.

., but the type of buyer that is looking for that house won't pay much extra for all those things.Having given that very important disclaimer, I'll give you my personal opinion on each of the specific items.

If the answer is no, then the likelihood is that the market may no be responding to that specific item. 

After you come through title with no issues, closing the deal is standard business....BUT you may have some state-specific items you want to talk with an attorney about.

If most people are like me, they think of craigslist as a place to advertise their item or buy a specific item from another person - but not a place to look for people who are just buying stuff.

You talk about "offloading" the paperwork to the buyers agent but if you knew anything about the process, each agent involved has specific items and paperwork they are responsible for, I dont know many agents who are going to come in and do all the listing side work for you just for their buyers side commission. 

The way I bid is they can choose whatever finish they want on a specific item and I cap it, anything over is extra, (i.e. 10/sf for tiles and finish material up to $3/sf), it means that if they order a $8/sf travertine, they'll add $5/sf as a change order, that way they can choose whatever they want.To the OP, a list of scope without corresponding line bid is dangerous, that is why your lender require it, they could charge you 45k demo and 10k everything else to arrive at the total 55k, it's called front loading, and it is legal but unethical.

I'd like to address some of the specific items conveyed in this thread.With respect to the Birmingham situation from many years ago, all of our buyers were compensated for their losses (as the author of that thread confirmed towards the end of the thread).

Sometimes when I am looking for a specific item, one will have it and the other two won't.

I also had to contact the city inspectors who left us a notice to stop all work (even though we were working on non-HPOZ specific items) and had to nicely work my way through the different levels and was able to keep one of our fees at $300 instead of around $1200.