What Goes Into Selling A Home?

First Impressions...
Remember back to when you first purchased your home...What was it that first attracted you to your house when you bought it? What most excited you about its features? Now that you're selling your home, you'll need to look at it as if you were buying it all over again.

A spruced up house makes a great first impression on potential buyers. A clean and attractive property grabs their attention and makes them excited about finding a house that looks and feels well-cared for. Because buyers know they'll encounter fewer problems if they buy it, your house becomes more appealing and stands out from the competition. So if you prepare your house correctly, you'll save time selling it when it's on the market.

With simple improvements throughout your house you can grab the attention of potential buyers and help them see why your house is right for them.

These are just a few ideas that can help your home stand out more and attract more potential buy interest.
Selling your home can be a complex process. As a seasoned listing agents, we will help you with the entire home selling process. As your listing agent, w will help you get the best price for your home and help sell it in the fastest possible timeframe.

Please give us a call at 888-816-9446 to go over all of the complete marketing program that we will put in place for your specific property.

  • Provide you with a free home valuation to help determine your home's worth.

  • Review comps in the area to show you what is happening in the surrounding Orange County areas.

  • Negotiate on your behalf to receive the most money for your property and home.

  • Network with other real estate professionals in your local neighborhood areas as well as throughout other relevant areas to find the perfect buyer for your home.

  • Arrange showings of your home that work in conjunction with your schedule.

  • Advise you how to best prepare your property for potential buyers to view.

  • Engage in a comprehensive advertising campaign to give your home the ideal amount of exposure.

  • Utilize technology including my personal web site to showcase your property to other real estate agents along with potential home buyers.

  • Work with you through the complex paperwork and legal issues that can impact the sale of your home.

  • Represent you in a manner that is both professional and thorough

  • Tailor the sale of your home to the area of your property and to each of its unique features.
Selling a Home Tips

 •Find out what your home is worth. Contact us for a free market analysis.
•Make Necessary Repairs. We will be happy to make suggestions as well.
•Get your House Ready to Show. Our agents can help with this as well.
•Mentally prepare to show your home to prospective buyers.
•The more open you are to buyers the better your house may sell.
 

Home Staging Ideas

Preparing and maintaining a house for the real estate market and individual showings is fatiguing to say the least. It is difficult to maintain the momentum necessary to keep the house looking in prime condition after repeated showings to only faintly interested potential buyers. How do you remain optimistic without being unrealistic, and keep up the momentum? ATTITUDE!

You can’t influence the housing market, the economy, or the national debt. You CAN influence your attitude! You CAN influence the market appeal of your house! A good salesperson learns to adapt to a changing environment (product, market demand, prices, etc.). Current market conditions make it essential to do everything possible to not only attract a buyer’s attention, you must hold their attention once inside, and make them believe that they can’t live without your house! When old methods no longer work, try new methods! Be creative, and think like a buyer!

  • Take a good look at your house and try to see it with a new perspective.

  • Ask your real estate agent to come by with a few colleagues for another look.

  • Grab some honest friends and neighbors and invite them in for an evaluation.

  • LISTEN!

Some factors cannot be changed without considerable cost and effort, such as the number of bedrooms or bathrooms or the size of a room. Many things, however, can be corrected! There may be an offensive odor to your house (pets, mold, cooking), items may appear dingy or worn, outdated, or you may have significant clutter in one or more rooms.

If your house has been on the market for 6 months or more, chances are that you did a major cleaning prior to placing your house on the market, but have basically done maintenance work since then. Remember when your parents and grandparents did “spring” and “fall” cleaning? Every 6 months or so, consider doing some deep cleaning.

  • Trim the landscaping

  • Edge the yard

  • Clean the closets

  • Toss the clutter

  • Rearrange the furniture

  • Repair marred walls and touch up with paint

  • Make sure the garage is clean and tidy

  • More important, make sure that people can walk around the cars!

  • Changing or updating the look of a house, both outside and in, helps to attract new buyers, and may help     to generate new interest in potential buyers who previously just kept driving by your house!

  • Once the house is cleaned and refreshed, consider new marketing strategies.

  • Try updating photographs of your house if you have an online listing with photographs.

  • Will dropping the price help? This market is no longer about just price reductions!

  • Fewer buyers mean increased competition! Make your house stand out!

  • Add an incentive

  • Offering a home warranty

For those people who need to quickly sell their house for a multitude of reasons, there are several options. One option is to rent the house or offer a lease-purchase option. A lease-purchase option could get you some up front cash, and allow you to recoup your mortgage payments. Selling a house at auction is a method of last resort. These options have drawbacks, of course, but are additional tools in your arsenal. Talk to your real estate agent or broker. They can discuss the pros and cons of each option, and help you decide what best fits your needs.

Selling a house in this current market is frustrating, to put it mildly. Do what you can, when you can. Listen to your agent, and be patient with them. The commission gives them a strong incentive to sell your house! Call us today so we can earn your business 888-816-9446.
 

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