Who doesn’t love a gift with purchase? These types of deals are the reason people turn out by the droves on Black Friday, even if the free item is something puny like touchscreen mittens (been there, done that, Radio Shack). There’s nothing in sales like making a buyer believe that they are getting a good deal, and including one or more freebies with purchase goes a long way towards registering positive things in the minds of buyers. Recently Realtor.com explored the idea that BOGO (buy one, get one) can work with houses as well. 

What sorts of freebies entice buyers to notice a house? Conventional thinking posits that you should go with something home-related, like a home warranty, a Home Depot gift card, or paying closing costs. Buyers love not paying closing costs, right? But maybe it’s time to think less conventionally. You know what buyers (and people, in general) really love?

TACOS. Real estate agent Nicole Lopez of Cypress, Texas came up with the idea of marketing a $170,000 three bedroom/two bathroom home with a sign on the listing that said “$250 in free tacos with home purchase.” The listing went viral, and Lopez found herself inundated with phone calls about the house. It sold quickly, and the new owners celebrated their housewarming with a Mexican fiesta!

Sound crazy? Some owners of jumbo-sized listings have gone even bigger… offering a free car with the purchase of their home. As per Realtor.com: “In 2014, a Boca Raton, FL, seller asking for $3.5 million for a six-bedroom home (pictured above) was willing to throw in a car worth about $100,000! According to the Sun Sentinel, he even offered a choice: a Ferrari 360 Spider convertible or an open-top Hummer H1. (The Hummer, by the way, was worth a bit more than the Ferrari.) Decisions, decisions!”

The owner of a tiny one-bedroom bungalow in Los Angeles, clearly knowing his target demographic of young singletons, offered to chip in the beer and cups for beer pong to the buyer of his house. The house sold for well above the list price, so the former owner was definitely partying at the same time as the new ones!

Other ideas include a year’s gym membership, a free Jet Ski, a few months’ utility bills, a year’s worth of pizza (I myself would take the tacos, but you do you), or a paid vacation voucher. 

What crazy, inventive freebies could you think of to help you sell your home?