MARGIE'S TIPS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME
- Partner with a real estate professional in your area that has experience, is A full-time agent and understands the market. The individual is much more important than the company logo. If you feel confident in your agent, you've found the right one.
- Be open to letting your agent help you properly price your home. The goal is to price your home as high as possible without overpricing. Your agent will give you all the market information to help you establish the right price.
- Ask your agent to give you a complete marketing plan and an approximate net sheet to include all selling expenses. There should be no surprises.
- Curb appeal is most important. Look at your home as a prospective buyer would. Is the yard neat, trimmed, clean, landscaped well? Is your home in good repair? If you can't get them in the front door, you won't be able to sell the house.
- Is your interior clean, neat, uncluttered? Now is the time to straighten closets, get organized, take down the children's school photos in the hall showing them from Kindergarten to High School. Clean off your kitchen counters. And always keep a home ready for showing..that means making beds, and no dirty dishes.
- If you have pets, it's best to remove them for showings if possible. Remove litter boxes and pet dishes too.
- Keep your blinds and drapes open. Light and airy is the way to go. Keep a few lamps and lights on throughout the house.
- If you can box up items you don't need to make the home look more spacious, put them stacked neatly in the garage or get a storage unit.
- If decorating and staging is not your cup of tea, ask your agent to help make suggestions or hire a staging person to add "wow" to the house. Even vacant homes should have some staging decor to make it more inviting.
- Showing your home is a family affair. Get your children involved with incentives to help keep your home clean and neat during home showings.
- Get your honey do list out and make sure all your heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical and mechanical items are working properly in your home. Keep a clean air conditioning filter. This will save you time and money prior to closing when inspections are made. And buyers will feel they are purchasing a well maintained home.
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