Preparing to Sell Your Home? Don’t Miss These 7 Essential Steps.
Thinking of selling your home? Before you list your property, make sure you've applied these crucial tasks to attract potential buyers, maximize your selling price and possibly shorten the amount of time your home is on the market.
TIP #1: Enhance Curb Appeal
The importance of great curb appeal should not require an explanation. It is critical in attracting potential buyers and is often a determining factor for whether or not a prospect actually wants to tour the property. Have exterior appeal is especially important when wanting to capture the attention of drive-by traffic.
Tips for improving curb appeal:
TIP #2: Declutter and Depersonalize
The process of decluttering and depersonalizing is an ideal way to start preparing to pack up the home. This step also aids in helping buyers to better envision themselves in the home.
Steps to declutter and depersonalize:
TIP #3: Repairs and Maintenance
Take ample time to assess your home’s interior and exterior and properly address items in need of repair. Beyond a good thorough cleaning from top to bottom, replace light bulbs as needed and get caught up on seasonal maintenance needs like changing out batteries in the smoke detectors.
Areas to focus on:
TIP #4: Stage Your Home for Sale
The concept of home staging is meant to help showcase the property's potential. Once you’ve completed the previous tasks, thoughtful placement of certain design elements can be used to draw the eyes of a prospective buyer to features that highlight all that is good about the home. Your Realtor can be super helpful with this step and may be able to refer resources for this step if necessary.
Home staging tips:
TIP #5: Professional Photography
It if very likely that your Realtor will want professional real estate photography to post in the multiple listing services (MLS) and for attracting the interest of online buyers.
Tips for capturing appealing photos:
TIP #6: Set the Right Price
Every seller wants to make as much as possible and sell as quickly as possible. However, it is recommended to discuss this topic with your Realtor and be prepared to possibly receive market data that does not support the magic number in your head. Pricing the home correctly helps to attract potential buyers and encourages the right buyer to move quickly. Overpriced homes are likely to sit on the market longer.
Factors to consider when setting the price:
TIP #7: Market Your Home Effectively
Your Realtor should discuss the importance of having a robust marketing strategy to reach a wider audience and it will likely include multiple marketing platforms.
Marketing techniques may include, but are not limited to:
By following these seven essential steps, homeowners can potentially increase their chances of a successful and lucrative sales transaction. Once you’ve decided that you’re ready to sell your home, you can jumpstart your preparation efforts and potentially shorten your overall timeline by applying these essential tasks. Be sure to consult with a Realtor for expert guidance and a successful home selling experience. Your Realtor can also be instrumental in aiding you with searching for and securing your next address as well.
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