How To Prepare Your Home for Sale: Focus On The Product
Housing markets are cyclical. There are Seller’s Markets and then Buyer’s Markets. What’s a seller to do? One caveat in selling your home that does not change regardless of the market…the perceived value of a property is important to all buyers.
This is why it is critical for sellers to start early to prepare their house for sale.
FIRST…
START to think of your home as a house…a commodity you will have to market.
If you have a mural you painted in your firstborn’s room or pencil marks on the door jam denoting your child’s growth, don’t let your buyers become distracted by them.
Take photos of them, then grab the paintbrush and cover them up.
Don’t listen if they tell you that you don’t have to paint because buyers will want to choose their own colors!
SECOND…
Resist the urge to listen to all of your friends, neighbors, and delivery persons who tell you that you don’t need to do a thing.
-Some are being kind when they tell you that your house is ready for the For Sign.
-Some come from the school of thought that still thinks if a buyer doesn’t like something, they don’t have to buy it.
-And there are still some who haven’t quite adjusted to today’s market and think that there are buyers in abundance who will buy anything.
THIRD…
Hire the most knowledgeable local agent you can.
You need an agent who knows the local market and who knows what is selling.
You need an agent who can guide you through the transactions, obstacles, and oops moments.
You need an agent who will not be afraid to tell you exactly what you need.
You DO NOT need to hire your neighbor’s son who just got their license and lives in another county.
This is the first step in Preparing Your Home for Sale!