4 Steps to Take When You Are Ready to Sell Your Home
If you have decided the time has come to sell your home, a little work can go a long way in getting you the offer you desire. Follow the strategies in this action plan to get your home market ready:
- Declutter Your House
The right time to begin packing up some of your belongings is before your house goes on the market, not after it sells. Before having a real estate agent out to your house to take listing photos it is important to have your house “show ready.” That means you need to break out the boxes and get to work.
Many pros recommend having 3 boxes or bags when you sort through your belongings; one for things you want to donate/sell, one for things you want to take to your new home and one to use as a trash. Pack up, donate or trash everything that either won’t help sell your home or isn’t necessary for you to live with while your house is listed. Doing this will also help make it easier to clean your house in a moment’s notice for showings.
- Get Your Paperwork Ready
There is loads of paperwork when it comes to selling and buying property. When you are completing the seller’s disclosure the more questions you are able to answer and details you are able to include the more comfortable you will make potential buyers. If you can’t answer the majority of the questions on the disclosure it can cause buyers to wonder what you are hiding. Any documents you can pass along to potential buyers when you prepare to sell your home, including documents for warranties and installations, will help buyers have confidence that you took care of your house.
- Do a Walk-Through
Before you begin the listing process to sell your home, make sure that you perform walk throughs of your house to get any insight on recommendations for improvements that can be made to help sell your home fast.
A good real estate pro will be able to recommend ways to stage your rooms to entice potential buyers. They can make recommendations on paint colors and landscaping. They will also be able to tell you what areas will have the most return on investment (ROI) and what areas you should leave alone instead of throwing money at them.
- Roll up your sleeves
Once you have your to-do list to get your house ready to well, it is time to get to work. Prioritize your list off of level of importance and costs to determine what projects to invest into. Make the necessary repairs and updates that will help buyers fall in love with your house.
You don’t have to be a real estate expert to sell your home fast. Take the time to find the right advice and make the right upgrades for you and your home to be in position for a quick sale. The more work you do beforehand should result in a better offers and less work for you later on.