I'm not shy, and I have learned to welcome all the help I can find when I sell my home. So, I'm saying you should consider accepting any help available to you as well. Selling a house today requires a lot of attention and careful marketing. Because of the glut of houses available, many of which are vacant, sellers who are living in their own house actually have an advantage over other sellers. Although I usually sell my house vacant, I go to great lengths to insure my houses are well kept so they show well. In fact, my houses for sale are all ready for someone to move right in, which makes a good first impression.
Preparing to sell a house, I pull out a checklist I wrote up years ago so that I don't forget any of the basics. Since I've been selling houses for decades I make it a practice to follow my checklist in order to assure myself that nothing has been overlooked by other people on my team or by me personally. My checklist has become priceless to me because it works so well. In this article I will share two points on my checklist. Although my checklist is considerably longer than this, these two points concern preparing your house and preparing yourself. I realize that neither of these points represents a novel idea, but let me explain why they are important now.
Each time I set about to sell my house I begin by looking at it carefully, inside the house and outside as well. Walking around the perimeter and pretending I'm seeing it for the first time, I begin to see what my buyers will see, which is incredibly important. Since I'm actually the seller and not the buyer I can benefit from another perspective as well, the one representing what the buyer sees.
Making a good first impression is the most important moment to consider when you're preparing yourself and your home for sale. Once you get a glimpse of your house the way buyers will see it for the first time then you know what you must do to improve the appearance and increase the salability of your house, assuming there might be some things to do. No major remodeling is necessary, mostly de-cluttering and basic tidying up the interior and exterior of your house.
When I sell my houses vacant I have an advantage because there is absolutely no clutter in sight. You can gain an advantage as well when you sell your residence by storing all items you don't use on a daily basis. This is not too time-consuming or costly if you consider it can make all the difference in getting a sale. Professional agents have advised their clients with expensive houses to place furniture and other household items in storage, and that technique can work for you, too. Walking around to observe your house the way other people are going to see it is a great way to prepare yourself and also prepare your house for sale. I assure you, I do this same thing every time I sell my house.
