• Preparing Your Home for Sale
Ask your agent for suggestions on preparing your home for sale. Generally, you will want to move out any bulky or excess furniture; make sure your home is sparkling clean, de-cluttered, and odor free before the lockbox is put on the door.
• Repairs Before Selling
Not all resale repairs will net a payoff. You don't want to spend a lot of money on improvements but you do want to repair obvious and neglected maintenance problems.
• Home Staging
You can either hire a professional stager (it is worth the money,) ask your agent to help stage, or stage it yourself. You will probably get a better and/or quicker offer for your home if it is staged.
• Home Pricing
Do not choose an agent based on suggested sales price. Some agents may overbid each other to get the listing only to lower the price later. Do not overprice your home. Homes that are overpriced often sell for less than market value and stay on the market longer.
• Net Profits from Selling
Ask for to preliminary net sheets, one with a low price and one with a high price. This way you can be prepared for the worst but hope for the best.
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As an SRES® designee, I have received additional education on such topics as tax laws, probate, estate planning, equity conversion strategies, and can offer you information on current market trends as well as valuable resources regarding real estate transactions.
Shirley - Good information. I am having a good number of people that call me to inspect the home before they put it on the market. If repairs need to be made they can have those repairs done before listing.