I’m a Realtor. I can tell you 1st hand that many people will not buy a home from their political opposite. I’ve shown homes to libs that had conservative books etc and they don’t buy.
I’ve shown homes to conservatives who see “My Life” by Bill Clinton on the shelf and they don’t buy. This silly ass piece of bologna will hurt the industry there.
The libs are the ones that bring it up. “Oh. Some right wingers live here”. Conservatives usually keep it to themselves but I can tell.
It really would be best if we could live apart from each other, but the libs would never allow that.
And yet, I bet if a prospective liberal buyer were told that said conservative homeowner would not agree to selling their home to a liberal, the liberal would sue to make them sell it to them. We have come to this...irreconcilable differences.
As a conscientious buyer, I would just tell my agent not to show me any properties that display the sign. Why waste someone’s time if I wouldn’t be interested. Of course I would never buy in Illinois either. I won’t even enter the state unless I must cross it to travel somewhere else, and it’s just across the river.
I am a retired Realtor, sold homes for thirty years. I can tell you there was one day I wish I would have had a gun because I almost got it from a lone male looker at an open house. I was just closing, the house was at the end of the street and he came in, went upstairs and tried to get me to come up by asking questions, he wouldn’t come down. Finally, he started down the stairs, I went out and stood in the middle of the yard. His car was parked far down the street. Being a Realtor is a dangerous job.
So what you’re saying, if you like your neighbors, but are moving, put conservative stuff around your home, to ward off the malcontents.
That was my first thought. This is actually profiling for a buyer who has your agenda.
***I can tell you 1st hand that many people will not buy a home from their political opposite.**
This reminds me of the people who went out to buy a used car.
They turn on the radio, if it hits all Rock and Roll stations, they consider the car to be abused.
If it hits easy listening music, they feel the car is not abused and often will buy.