1. Best Home Selling Tricks Ever
Too much stuff covers up your real estate. Too much stuff can be furniture, rugs, pictures or
just plain junk. Remove excessive books, clear off library shelving. Remove rugs to show off
pretty hard wood floors. Remember, the eye of the camera will not be able to catch the floors
like a buyer will when they walk through it. In order to get the buyer to want to walk through it,
the stuff has to be removed for the camera to capture the home features. This may mean that
you have to move your furniture around as to show off windows, nooks and fireplaces.
In most cases, the bathrooms and the kitchen will require a good overhaul when it comes to
cleaning them. These are areas that hold a lot of little items, so try to sort through them and
then get busy throwing out or packing up all the excess items that have managed to be
tossed into the drawers at some point in time. The cleaning goes from floor to ceiling
including light bulbs, fixtures and plate switches. All cabinet exteriors should be shined up
with an appropriate cleaning product.
Some folks choose to go it alone on the sale of their home. That is to say, they want to save
the commission and not hire a full time real estate professional. Over 90% of homes are sold
via full service real estate professionals. Most of these sales will more that offset the
perceived cost of brokerage fees in service savings and negotiation skills. This is especially
important when dealing with the inevitable low appraisal that will occur or trouble with
inspections and repairs that are requested.
Every property is unique, but so is every seller. Every seller has different needs, and while
listing agents may be all do just about the same thing, some are better than others at giving
direct and insightful advice. Some of the basics that a listing agent does will be to help the
seller present the home to the market place in the best light possible, given the limitations of
the property and the seller. Another is to market the property through the most efficient
channels to the pools of people most likely to generate sales.
As a home seller, you may need to be ready to ask a few questions of any real estate agent
that you plan on having list your house. Nowadays, Internet marketing is key, and if they are
afraid of technology, you should move on. Secondly, if you have a decent sized home, you
will want your agent to have a professional take the photos for you.
As consumer protection goes, the listing agent is there to work on behalf of the home seller.
Still, a lot of home sellers will question why their agent isn't bringing any buyers through their
home. In reality, if you have a lot of showings taking place with your buyer, that's your listing
agent showing your home. They show it on the Internet, on the MLS, through multiple
marketing campaigns. Their job is to drive enough traffic through your home that you receive
an offer on it. Once the offer is in place, you'll be glad your listing agent is on your team, not
working with both you and the potential home buyer.