Nobody puts it on the prep list. You touch up the paint, declutter the counters, schedule the showing for two in the afternoon, and then your west-facing living room turns into something no buyer wants to spend time in. Our real estate agents watch it quietly undermine otherwise solid listings across Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties every single summer.
Twenty minutes of air conditioning before a showing barely registers in a house that has been sitting in the sun since eight in...