Tips for Selling Your Home
When you're looking for a partner to help you negotiate the complexities of selling a home, you've come to the right place. The experience, dedication and strong communication you'll receive here will help ensure the successful and profitable sale of your home:
Here's how I Can Help You Sell a Home
By working with me, you will:
Be more likely to make the highest return on the sale of your home if that is important to you.
Reduce the number of days your home is on the market.
Become familiar with all the terms, processes and paperwork involved in selling your home.
Have confidence that your home will enjoy exposure to more buyers and agents with qualified buyers.
Receive regularly updated market information that will enable you to make informed decisions.
Have a skilled negotiator working on your behalf.
Have peace of mind knowing that all the details of your sale are being handled properly by a licensed and trained professional.
UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT MARKET
Market-sensitive pricing can be the key to maximum market exposure and, ultimately, a satisfactory sale. The existing pool of prospective buyers determines a property’s value, based on:
Location, design, amenities and condition.
Availability of comparable (competing) properties.
Economic conditions that affect real property transactions.
Factors that have little or no influence on the market value of a house include:
The price the seller originally paid for the property.
The seller’s expected net proceeds.
The amount spent on improvements.
The impact of accurate pricing:
Properties priced within market range generate more showings and offers and sell in a shorter period of time.
Properties priced too high have a difficult time selling.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Paint is the least expensive thing you can do to make your home look new again.
HOUSE HINTS We live in a home to live in it and live in a home to sell it in two different ways
Unclutter – clear all countertops & fridge
Turn all the lights on
Open the curtains or shades on windows
Empty closets and make them guest ready
Put away ashtrays • Put away animal dishes and bowls
MOOD SETTERS People buy on emotion, we are appealing to their senses
Pleasant aromas or fragrance (boil cinnamon or potpourri, bake cookies, use plug-ins!)
Turn on low background music (light instrumental or jazz)
Make sure home is cool in summer and warm in the winter
Set out goodies when you know a agent is coming by, on Open House days and on Office Tour Days.
Be sure lawn is cut and shrubs manicured
Repair any roof damage •
Pool should be skimmed and vacuumed
Paint where needed
Making Your Home Shine is Imperative
The effort put into repairing and cleaning your property is likely to be returned in a fast sale at an attractive price.
As buyers approach your property the first time, impressions are formed quickly.
Paint house - this can do more for sales appeal than any other factor. •
Yard - Remove all toys, garbage, garden tools and other items from view.
Mow lawn and keep edged.
Close garage doors.
Put colorful flowers in front of house.
Often, while waiting to be let in, the first thing a buyer looks at closely is the front door.
Put new paint on the front door.
Buy a new door mat.
Buyers take a close look at the basement of a home. They will look for bad wiring, leaky pipes and signs of decay.
Clean out basement and dispose of everything you are not going to move.
Ensure that there is plenty of lighting.
Sweep or vacuum floor.
Stack items neatly against walls.
Self-Staging Is Important The kitchen is often the most important room in the house. Make it bright and attractive.
Put a vase of fresh flowers on the table.
Replace curtains or clean existing ones.
Remove appliances from counters.
Create a pleasant fragrance in the kitchen (i.e. vanilla, cinnamon).
It is important that bathrooms are clean, bright and smell fresh.
Install a new shower curtain and replace worn throw rugs.
Polish all fixtures. •Open windows. •Hang bright, fresh towels.
Remove stains from toilets and bathtubs.
Use air freshener.
Display colorful soaps.
The Living Room
Clean out the fireplace and place logs in it.
Polish all woodwork.
Put big furniture in storage so rooms are not cluttered or crowded.
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