Closing Quickly and doing it smoothly is a matter of following the right steps. It is a process and when you work with people who know the process they can adjust the property and marketing to assure a goal. Here is a truism. The longer your home sits on the market, the more it drops in value while you’re left in economic insecurity as you lose potential profit from what was once the biggest investment of your lifetime.
The process dictates the first 30 days are crucial. The ability to show the house when it is requested is part of that. Even if you have the most desired home, at the right price and you make it hard to get into, you are diminishing your buyers and you will get less for your home. Process.
Basic Repairs, are a must, Expensive Repairs are not.
The new owner is going to come in and make it their own anyway. There is usually no reason for the Seller to make repairs the buyer is intending. Move in homes are more desirable than fixer uppers in today’s market, and some buyers come in ready to make a property their own.
A Paint Job
Always a good bang for buck. Spend some money cleaning and decluttering first, then do the painting to brighten up the place. Think about putting in brighter bulbs in your lighting to make things brighter.
Landscaping
Or Sidewalk appeal is always important. Real buyers don’t come to buy a house, the are also buying a neighborhood. Make your front yard and drive by appeal to be as good or better than the neighborhood.
The Right Agent
Having the right people on your team in the right positions is critical to the success for a buyer or seller. You might need not only a qualified and successful agent, you will also need a good lawyer, and every other service and tradesman needed to bring you to your success. Choose wisely along the way. Put good people who care about your goals in positions to guide you to that end.
Good Timing
You know, every single day people buy and sell homes. Every day people are being born into families and people are getting divorced. People are loosing jobs and people are getting sick there are reasons why the real estate market is ever changing and will continue to be so. Don’t worry about the timing unless your professional knows that a quick move or a slower move will help you. Spring is always the best.
Effective Pricing
Great agents can nail the price the house will be sold for within a very short range. They might not always tell you that. Often agents will agree with you on the price to get you to agree to list with them. Find yourself an honest agent who will tell you the truth. They will get you the most.
A Deep Clean
Making sure your home is as clean and smell free as it can be is crucial. Use professional help to detail the home in this manner, you will end up getting more for your home. No one wants to come in and have to clean, that is rentals, not purchases. Get it clean.
Staging
Is always a good idea. Price is an issue because Staging can often be 1-3% of the Sale and that is a lot. A good agent working with a good stager will be able to get you a list of their steps and if you can accomplish them and they don’t have to, that is the Seller’s savings.
Online Promotion
Tell a good story, no, tell a great story. Tell the story of the person/family that fits perfectly into this property. If you tell their story, they will come. Make your on line promotion real and avoid the usual dull real estate speak.
Professional Photos
This is a visual world, do it right and include video and drone work where you can. If it is pretty show it, if it isn’t make the pictures highlight the highlights
It may take time to get this work done, but once you do, your house won’t stay on the market for long. Then, you’ll really be ready to move on to your new life elsewhere. The fact is the first 30 days are critical. After 3o days and if you haven’t had more than 20 people through and entertained at least one offer it is time to adjust. Consult a professional on how to get the most from this point.
Staying Relevant in todays digital age for a real estate sales agent demands nimbleness, adaptability and focus. Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, etc, etc are just the tip of the thousands of places you can get your message out. The process of selling a house has never changed. The Listing Agent/Owner prepares marketing materials and shares them with as many people as possible to attract them to the property. Today the internet makes that work both easier and less efficient.
Most agents who are not relevant follow the others they see. Posting your properties on your personal Facebook page, with a picture of you and your clients in front of a house is not as good marketing as you think. The humble brag approach shows the viewer nothing about the process just the result. A better practice would be to have those happy clients do a short video sharing your differences and why they love you. That is light years better. Get your date to say you are a good date and you will get popular. Listen to our podcast over on Broker-Talk.com.Blogging Podcasting Staying Relevant in the Digital Age
Proven Strategy for best Sale of Home YourStories Realty Group. Real estate is a process in both an up market and a down market. Properties sell every month, some months more, some months less, they sell, every year. Properties move from one deed to another when prices are going up and prices are going down, they move. There is never a reason to panic and make bad decisions about your own move. The system and strategy is simple and straight forward for both the buyer side and the seller side. The person who is best prepared with the best story wins. That is the way.
Look at the market of comparable properties and be specific. Be within 10% of some specifics like square footage, rooms, yard size, age, style etc. Actually with style you would want to be exact because a center enter Colonial is nothing like a Split Ranch other than the door being in the middle of the house. So once you have real comps you set your price. Pricing is both an art and a science.
Pricing is both a science and an art. The science is how Appraisers work. They have to verify comps and be able to defend them in a narrative. They have that fiduciary responsibility to the bank. The Art part is up to the agent who determines the market, prepares the marketing and launches the attack.
That is the optimal and any variance is a nuance and changes things dramatically. Here are some truths, the more your restrict the property and change direction, move the open houses the worse you are off. The market is an organic entity and if you confuse it, or not fit to the way it flows, it tends to flow away from you. Be prepared, know the process, follow the formula and adjust along the way. The real mark of a professional is they change their game along the way to get to the Proven Strategy for best Sale of Home YourStories Realty Group.
My buyers made me do it, YourStories Realty Group. I couldn’t believe Bill (my Buyer) was making me do this. What could I do, he is a first time home buyer and he is incredibly excited. Remember what that is like? The emotion can be almost overwhelming at times. “I want the sign that is in the lawn,” Bill confirmed with me. 
“You want what?” the agent asked me when I called. Usually, as you are moving towards the clear to close, phone calls often come with things to be cleared up. While a closing gift is an item all agents clear up, it is usually in their own minds, but here I was asking Robin.”Well, he is so excited and wants to remember these moments,” I shared.
“You’re kidding, right?”
The real story here is that this was a truly successful co-broke. We negotiated, we compromised, we adjusted and we moved forward mindful of how both parties were being stressed. The Sellers were having a second child and the one bedroom was no longer a fit, literally. They sold before they looked. That is stressful. My clients got an extra 15 days strapped on to their lease and we adjusted.
The difference between Expired and Canceled YourStories Realty Group. The quick and somewhat funny answer is one is disappointed the other is mad. As with all real estate stories the specifics can not be made up. This is not HGTV, it is on the ground, working the neighborhoods, building the community real estate. Finding the highest and best use of the land and fighting to deliver that to the community. Expired listings have come to the end of their agreed upon contract, hence the Seller is confused and disappointed.
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