Here are eight secrets that will help you fetch top dollar for your house when it comes time to sell.
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There are eight little-known tricks that will help you sell your home for the most money possible:
1. Improve your home’s curb appeal. This is a common tip, but here’s a secret: start with your mailbox. If your mailbox is clean, presentable, and stands up straight, it’ll help make a great first impression.
1. Improve your home’s curb appeal. This is a common tip, but here’s a secret: start with your mailbox. If your mailbox is clean, presentable, and stands up straight, it’ll help make a great first impression.
2. Use your rooms correctly. If you’re using your dining room or office space as an extra playroom, buyers will have a hard time visualizing the layout of the home and the potential uses for each space. To show off your home’s true potential, be sure to stage it.
3. Reglaze your bathrooms. Older homes tend to have outdated features that aren’t attractive to buyers. For just a couple hundred dollars, you can actually reglaze your bathroom fixtures like your toilet and sinks with a white, waterproof coating to give the space a brand-new feel without making costly replacements.
4. Make a story out of your home. Frame pictures you have of living in your home and place it where buyers can see it during showings. Seeing the memories you’ve made there and all the ways you’ve used the space can really resonate with buyers and help create an emotional connection between them and the home. Logic makes us think, but emotions make us act.
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Seeing the memories you’ve made there and all the ways you’ve used the space can really resonate with buyers and help create an emotional connection.
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Seeing the memories you’ve made there and all the ways you’ve used the space can really resonate with buyers and help create an emotional connection.
5. List your home at 10% under its market value. Why? Data shows that if you list your home 10% under market value, you’ll attract 75% of the buyer pool, compared to only 30% if you list it 10% over market value. Great homes that are also more affordable will draw many buyers out of the woodwork. As long as you’re working with a solid marketing professional who can get the word out to the right number of people in the least amount of time, you’ll end up in a great spot.
6. Provide insider information with buyers. This is your opportunity to share what it is you love about the community. Give them the scoop about great things that go on around the home so they can start to feel excited about the prospect of living there
7. List the special features of your home. Make a whole list of your home’s special features so that buyers know all of what you’ve done to make the home more comfortable and accessible, like the new air conditioning unit you bought or the heated floors in the bathroom.
8. Create a video tour of your home. This is another great way to create an emotional connection for the buyers, and it will give them a good insight into what the property is all about. I will say, though, that not every property deserves a full-on video tour; for some homes, a 360° video tour can actually be detrimental. Be sure to only show off the best things that your home has to offer.
Hopefully, these tips will help you get the maximum value for your home when you find the right buyer. If you have any questions about selling your home, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’re here to be a resource for you.
