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Simple Tips To Make Your Home Sell With GreatOffers

Home Seller's: Don't Leave Money On The Table

Selling your home is not a trivial decision. You've probably spent a lot of years of livingthere, have lots of sentiment, emotions, experiences and monetary commitments.You worry about ending up leaving money on the table when you sell. You have lots ofquestions and apprehensions in your mind. While many of these can be answered byyour Realtor, there are some subtleties that are entirely dependent on what kind ofperson your Realtor is.Your Realtor should be one who is sensit ive about finer details, and must guide yousufficiently enough to make that extra litt le expense to give your home a proper fitand finish, and a polished look to be really attract ive to a prospective buyer. Notdoing so is essentially leaving money on the table - the money you spend would be

for most part far lower than the return this small expense would yield. I see manyhomes where the Sellers may have benefited immensely had they been guidedproperly, and had agreed to spend some extra t ime preparing their homes throughcreative, inexpensive ideas. These are mainly around the finer aspects of what youpresent to a buyer to motivate them to make an offer quickly.

Of course, if the situation for the seller is unfortunately desperate, and selling thehouse 'as-is' (such as in a short sale or foreclosure) is the only option, thenspending the extra litt le on the finer aspects is out of the question. I totallyunderstand that situation. In addit ion to my own opinion, speaking with many fellow real estate agents, whohave had more successful sales than usual, a pattern emerges into what factorscontributed to the difference. Some of the common set of things that their clientsfollowed yielded them great results and I share these below. Follow these surprisingly simple t ips to yield you great results in your quest toprepare your home for a very successful sale.

Provide More Planning Time

A good many number of sellers assume that from the t ime of signing the list ingagreement, the house should be on the market within a week or so. The amount oft ime set aside for planning to get the fit and finish done on the house is oftenoverlooked leading to last minute hassles, costs, and agony for the seller. As yourList ing Agent, my goal is to help you lay out the product-readiness strategy alongwith a list of things you could do to prepare your home for its best possiblepresentation with a reasonable cost and t ime estimate.

Start with asking yourself this question : If I were a buyer of my property,would I buy it in the current condition without hesitation?

If the answer is a firm, unflinching 'Yes', then there ya go, you are half way intogett ing the sale done. Regardless, the following are essential treatments that willhelp you sell your home with good offers.

Boost Curb Appeal

Boost your curb appeal for a great first impression. As buyers enter the property,the very first impressions are the ones that carry them through into the house. Theposit ive vibes generated from the entry point to the entry door is essential forcreating the want in the buyers' minds. Make it a point to beautify your front yardand your back yard - the place where a buyer would imagine a place of solace and

comfort. Curb appeal can be achieved by clearing out dry vegetation, thick foliage,dry and balding lawn patches, excessively laid out shrubbery and plants that cancreate a messy, unkempt look. In addit ion, a fresh coat of paint to the exterior ofthe home, and a well paved crack-free driveway adds to the appeal of a home.These do not cost much to fix. Of course, a great look can be achieved by usingpaving stones and designer landscaping as well but those can cost quite a bit. Formost people, just working with a combination of laying new lawn, mulching, andflowering plants, along with a clean pressure-washed driveway will do the job in arelat ively inexpensive manner. Adding a white fence around the perimeter of thefront yard is another good way to boost you curb appeal.

Spruce Up With Relevant and Sale-Worthy Upgrades

As a seller, you are probably wondering if you should do that costly upgrade thatyou put off for years. Unless your house has a very dated look and will have theeffect of turning off potential buyers, save your money. Spend some of it with minorupgrades by adding trims where none exist, replacing counter tops alone, andpainting the cabinets instead of replacing them, replacing worn out or dull lookingkitchen flooring with bright linoleum or t iles, and replacing carpets with either newercarpets or new hardwood or laminate flooring. Make sure your bathrooms have anupdated look though through a combination of painting and t iling work which areusually not very expensive. The scale of expense grows with each upgrade that isbeyond minor embellishments. A good coat of paint with neutral colors will dowonders.

Remove All Clutter

Its close to the open house t ime and you st ill have some random itemsand flot illa occupying crucial space. Should you care to take these small, seeminglyunobtrusive items out of the way? Absolutely. Remember, you are trying to makethe house be very attract ive so that potential buyers can imagine as their own.Anything that is personal to you should be out of the way and not inclosets. Besides you do not want some of the small items to be easy pickings forsome stranger walking through your house. Pack these away in neat marked boxesso you can locate them as soon as you are done selling. Similarly, your front andback yard should not have any sign of clutter or unsightly items lying around.

Do Not Stuff Closets and Garage

Buyers do look into the Garage and every Closet space. If you must leave someitems, make it very sparse. Do not stuff these areas as it can turn off any one. I

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have seen houses where closets are so full of stuff that opening the door couldcause a major crash of things popping out. Bad idea. A neat closet and Garage maynot yield you top dollars but a stuffed up closet and Garage will force you to leavemoney on the table.

Decorate Interiors Or Use Staging Services

Decorating interiors is a great way to get thepolished and upgraded look and feel. Many decorationmaterials can be bought from local craft stores andhome maintenance stores. A very good way toaddress all of the above issues with interiors isthrough the use of Staging Services. As your Realtor,I can bring in any number of approved and accreditedservice providers including Staging Services who willput up furniture, decorative items and show piecesincluding paintings et al to make it look absolutelystunning. Staging readies your house for maximumvisual appeal.

Price Your Home Right

Pricing your home is your priority and no one else will have the best way to expressthe sale price as much as you do as you have lived at the place. Your Realtor shouldprovide you with the right type of information to help you decide on the right price.A higher price suggestion may indicate a higher commission return so watch out forthose signs. While looking very attract ive for a seller in terms of Return onInvestment, this strategy of pricing high without doing a thorough CMA(Comparative Market Analysis) and study of market trends, puts you, the Seller, atrisk of having your home sit on the market for a long t ime. The longer a propertysits on the market the less attract ive it is for buyers and tempt you to lower theprice, a source of major embarrassment. Avoid this by gett ing the price right.Pricing a property correctly is key to selling it quickly. Ensure that your realtorprovides you with a good set of comparables, and ask enough questions around thepricing so you can arrive at a value that you think is reasonable for your home. Askyour agent for high price watermarks, and low price watermarks, as well as theprevailing per square foot price in your area so you can arrive at a competit ive pricefor your property. This will contribute to yielding you rich dividends. Couple this witha good staging service or your own effort to present a beautiful home, and youcould get higher offers and sell your home quickly.

Avoid Staying Home During Open House Hours

There, I said it. Many sellers think they would lend a hand to the buyer by providingsome historical perspective to buyers on their questions around the house andlocality. If anything, this makes buyers unsure. In addit ion, buyers do not want tobe disturbed while viewing a home. They would like to independently evaluate thehouse without the current owners' influence. This makes for a better, easier, fastersale.

So Are you Ready to Sell ?

As your listing agent, I will provide you with a team of service professionals to help you prepare yourhome for sale. Do not hesitate to ask me as many questions as you have. My goal is to enable you to sellyour home with a worry-free, smooth, enjoyable experience.

Author Ranjana Shreedhar, Realtor:

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