Selling Home Secrets

With the correct approach and with a little work, you can sell your home quickly and for top dollar.  Your agent should walk through your home before you decide to make any changes to your property. You will be surprised what improvements may not bring enough revenue to pay for itself. Seasoned agents will know what buyers are looking for. Now this goes without saying that your agent can make or break a deal. Take the time to interview your agent and make sure they have the qualifications that would help you. Below are just eight tips that can help you sell your home.

  1. Half empty closets – All buyers want to buy a home that will include enough storage for their family. Take the time to empty all storage items and half of the clothing and linens to enable clean organized looking closets.
  2. stinky home smellsRid your home of stinky smells – All home buyers want to purchase a clean home that smells nice. Make sure you clean your rugs, curtains, and fabric furniture before you list your home. You will be surprised how easily a stinky smell can get trapped into your home’s fabrics. You may even want to bake some cookies before a potential buyer visits your home. Examples of stinky smells: pets, broccoli, fish, heavy spices
  3. Don’t over-upgrade – You probably won’t get your money back on a huge improvement project before you put your house on the market. Instead do updates that will pay off and get you top dollar. Get a fresh coat of paint on the walls. Clean the curtains or buy some inexpensive new ones. Replace door handles, cabinet hardware, or old cracked faucets.
  4. Depersonalize it – When a prospective buyer visits your home, they need to feel comfortable and have the opportunity to get emotionally attached. Buyers can’t connect to your home if you and the family are posted throughout the entire home. Take down your family photos, certificates, diplomas, and child’s art work.
  5. Kitchen comes first – You must understand that you are not actually selling your home, but selling your kitchen. Your kitchen is the most important room of the house when the buyer enters. It may cost you a few thousand dollars for new countertops, but the buyer may knock $10,000 off the asking price because the kitchen appears out dated. The fastest, most inexpensive kitchen updates include painting and new cabinet hardware. If you really want to spruce up the kitchen, you can purchase a fancy faucet or high end appliance. Buyers like nice kitchens!
  6. Always be ready to show – You never know when a potential buyer will want to walk through your home. Now, today we do have the luxury from agents to reserve appointments through a showing service. This doesn’t mean that you can live in your home as if you are not selling until you receive a phone call for a showing. Keep your home in tip-top shape at all times. Don’t leave dishes in sink, keep the dishwasher cleaned out, and bathrooms sparkling clean.
  7. beautiful curb appealCurb appeal – What prospective buyer wouldn’t love a beautifully manicured yard? Blooming flowers, new mulch, trimmed trees, pots filled with beautiful plants, and don’t forget the newly cut grass. This great appearance will set the tone for their entry into your home. Already smiling will give their emotions a high before they even turn your front door knob. You can usually get 100% return on the money you put into the home’s curb appeal.
  8. Take furry family members on a vacation – Don’t forget your furry family members. They don’t like to be displaced as much as you do when you are having visitors in the home. Try to plan a vacation for them during the first few days of listing your home or during an open house. Prospective buyers do not like to know that furry friends have been living in the home. If they can’t smell them or see them, they think they haven’t done damage to the home. Not everyone loves animals, so let’s be considerate for every potential buyer.

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