Selling Your Home Quickly

If you're considering selling your home yourself, this information will help you to have your house sold quickly, while other, similar homes remain on the market for months.

Outperform the Competition

Do whatever you can to make your house more attractive and better maintained than similar homes on the market.  You are now competing with every home of similar price in your area.  Increase value and percieved value however you can.  

• Deep clean the whole house.
• Hire a professional stager.
• Repair anything that might turn off a potential buyer.
• Touch up the landscaping (put down fresh multch, etc.)

These little efforts can go a long way.  And small investments, such as a professional house stager can have a great ROI, increasing the percieved value of your home.

You've Got a Product

When preparing to sell your house, try to see it not as your home, but as a product for sale. You can no longer be emotionally attached, even if you have been living there for all or most of your life. Detaching yourself isn't easy, but it's necessary in order to sell your home successfully.

If you can't think of your house as a product, you need to hire a realtor. Realtors get paid a hefty commision to treat your house as a product.  You need to let go of your attachment, set a fair price, and bring in the sale.

Start by making a real effort to look at the house the way a prospective buyer would look at it. What impression does a first-time visitor have? Ask friends and neighbors for their honest opinion. What do they like and what should be made more appealing?

Inspection and Appraisal

The three crucial factors for selling a house are Location, Price and Appearance. You can't change the location, you've set a fair price; now concentrate on preparing your house for the market. 

Since you are selling your home yourself, one of the best ways to prove to potential buyers that you are a responsible seller, is by showing that your home has been certified by a professional home inspector, and been fairly appraised.

With these two documents in hand before begining any negotiations, you'll be selling your home quicker than a realtor could, and saving money in the process.

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