Sellers are getting more creative

Two creative approaches in selling homes in this slow market have come to my attention. One involves that old, tried and true deal of throwing in a car with the sale of the home and the other is a travel photo contest.

For the first one, a homeowner in Houston, TX, is throwing in a brand-new Lexus – worth about $30K — to the buyer of his 5,500 sq ft home that has been sitting for more than six months.

For the second idea, a homeowner in Florida is using the Web site HowtoWinMyHouse.com as a means of moving her Delray Beach, Florida, house along, by using a $55 raffle entry for a travel photo contest.

And, of course, there’s always the Perfect Place Contest that is really intriguing since it involves a word scramble contest. So far, no winner yet.