Top 10 Home Selling Tips

By Toghers, based on information provided by Project Relo

1. Always hire an excellent Realtor. You need an advocate that knows and works the business full-time. Selling a home is serious business.
2. Meet and exceed Buyers’ expectations. Visit the competition with your Realtor. Be informed and build a strategy, seeing and knowing what Buyers see and know. Never over-price your home, because even with price reductions you will always be chasing the market.
3. Prepare your home for sale and exude pride of ownership. Significantly de-clutter the home and have the property staged so the spaces and their usage make sense. Make your home so the Buyer can easily imagine themselves and their things in the home.
4. Get a Pre-Listing Home Inspection so there are no surprises for the Buyers or for you.
5. Order an appraisal on the property. An appraisal will better ensure that the Buyer’s loan to purchase will go through. Buyers qualifying for a mortgage today are more challenging than ever.
6. Offer a Home Warranty on the property. This provides Buyers with assurance of purchasing a resale home. Also, with an American Home Shield Policy, the Seller and Buyer are covered.
7. Clean, clean, and clean your property inside and out!
8. If you can, move out of the home prior to it being listed for sale. This way the home stays show-ready and Buyer appointments can best be accommodated.
9. Make arrangements for pets to be absent at the property during showings. Pets are distracting and a possible nuisance for potential Buyers. Also, many Buyers are allergic to pets.
10. Receive feedback from showing your home and regular updates of the state of your marketplace and adjust the price of your home accordingly. - Modified from Project Relo