1) Get professional advice. Use local real estate agents to get a free home appraisal and find out the value of your properties. This is a free service without obligation; You do not have to agree to your home or use its services.
2) Invest in your home. You should get pretty good feedback from real estate agents and their ratings. Ask them what you can do to increase the value of your home.
3) Conduct market research. Read the newspaper, choose the real estate magazines in your local area, and go to open houses within 5-7 blocks. Talk to other sellers in your area. Compare and contrast your home and prices based on your findings. There are many free resources available on the Internet where you can find some interesting facts about recently sold homes in your neighborhood.
4) Sale price. Pricing your home based on the facts rather than its emotional value is essential for your home to sell successfully.
5) Set a realistic time frame. Manage your expectations. Look at the various factors of how the market can affect how long your home stays on the market. Factors that can affect this range from the supply of similar homes for sale in your neighborhood to the time it takes for an average home to sell.
6) Organize your home. Clean up clutter, work on curb curb appeal, clean up trash, paint outside if necessary, replace worn carpet, and repair broken fixtures. Organize your furniture like a model home or furniture store. Make it cozy but attractive and clean. Allowing potential buyers to see how the space will work for them.
7) Marketing is key. Each step above is only activated if people know that your house is for sale! Attract potential buyers. There are so many different types of advertising. One that is really effective is listing your property in your local Multiple Listing Service, allowing your home to appear in the Homes for Sale database that Real Estate Agents use when searching for properties for their buyers. You need to be here. There are many Internet listing services that offer packages that include this service. Only a licensed real estate agent can list properties for sale here, but you can do so through an MLS flat-rate service or other Internet listing site. I will keep visiting this as this step is very important.
8) Have open days. Making baked cookies … cliche … yeah! But it works, people relate to smells, they have smells that are inviting. It goes without saying, but clean and make sure your house is prepared. Everything mentioned in Step 6!
9) Have forms available. You should always have forms for potential buyers’ contact information to facilitate tracking and traceability of advertising. Make it easy to carry flyers from home with your contact information and property details. Have resources available to qualify a buyer. You will need contracts. When “closing the deal,” you’ll want to seek professional help here.
10) Don’t forget. A typical sale involves:
• a home inspection,
• an appraisal,
• a poll,
• a title search,
• a termite test,
• subscription and approval of loans,
• deadline,
• Show me the money!