On the Move: 5 Tips to Selling Your Home Quickly at a Profit

Written by Posted On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 12:12

Once you’ve made the all-important decision of which new home you’re going to buy, the concern quickly turns to selling your current home. Having two homes can quickly drain your resources of both time and money, not to mention simply being an extra source of stress that you just don’t need. While selling a home before you’re ready may cause a few inconveniences, not being able to sell your home at all is far worse. Here are a few tips for getting your home sold quickly for the best price.

Start at the Very Beginning

The best way to draw potential buyers in to look at your home is to ensure your home has great curb appeal. On the flip side, if your home is lacking curb appeal, it’s going to be hard to draw people in to look at the interior, no matter how fantastic it may look. Make sure dead plants are removed, other plants are properly trimmed, the grass is cut, and everything is in overall good repair. If you notice minor maintenance items that need to be taken care of on the exterior, go ahead and fix them, as a buyer is likely to notice those problems as they’re going over your property with a fine-toothed comb.

Hire a Professional

Most people aren’t involved in the home selling process often enough to know what piques buyers’ interest and what turns them off. However, realtors such as The John Quinn Home Selling Team: REMAX EXPERTS are involved in this process, on a daily basis, in fact, so if you can enlist their services right from the beginning of the process, you’re much more likely to be successful. Realtors can point out issues with your home that may be holding it back and can show the home to potential buyers in a way that effectively emphasizes its strong points and minimizes any potential shortcomings.

De-Personalize

Before someone can commit to a purchase, they must be able to envision themselves using that particular product in order to create an emotional connection, thus leading to their commitment. This is true of any product, but especially of expensive products like homes and cars.

To ensure potential buyers can envision themselves in your home, it’s important to remove any personal effects that could break the illusion that your home is actually the buyer’s home. Pictures, kid’s art, personal collectibles, anything that wouldn’t be fairly universal in almost anyone’s house needs to go so that buyers can make that deep emotional connection that’s essential to making the sale.

Replace Major Items

Many buyers come into the home buying process very timidly. They are already overwhelmed at the amount of money they’re going to be spending on a home, so if they see any items that could potentially be a big expense after they buy the home, they run away as fast as they can. Though it may hurt in the pocketbook to replace items like windows, a furnace, or a stove, doing so can show potential buyers that you’ve made a good faith effort to make your home as good as it can be, which can lower their defenses, making a sale more likely.

Clean

One problem you may encounter when you sell your home is simply the familiarity you have with your home that could cause you to overlook items that will be glaring to potential buyers. For example, that wall above your stove may have been white at one point, but over the years as grease and dirt have adhered to it, the wall has begun to turn a shade of light gray. Since it’s happened slowly for you, you may not even notice it or remember what it used to look like.

To a buyer, though, who only sees the final product, that wall will quickly stand out as dirty, raising questions about the cleanliness and integrity of the rest of the house. That said, before any potential buyers visit your home, give it a thorough cleaning, even taking on projects to clean items that seem to be clean already. That way, you’ll ensure you put your best foot forward when buyers come knocking.

Be Patient

Selling a home can be a curious process. There may be dozens of people who think they’re interested in the home, but few who actually put in an offer. That said, through the selling process, whether it takes an hour or several months, remain patient and remind yourself that it only takes one buyer to sell your home. Keep your home looking great, and before you know it, it’ll be time to raise that “sold” sign high.

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