How to Sell Your House Fast

2010 January 29

Easy Steps to Selling Your Home in 30 Days

Most homeowners who sell their homes do so to buy another home, either trade-up or relocation. You want to see the homes available in the neighborhood where you may want to live. This will give you an idea of the type of houses you want and the price you can afford.

Hire a Real Estate Agent

Interview at least a handful of real estate agents. You might be tempted to go with top performers, but a rookie agent is enthusiastic and will go the extra mile for you. Whereas top agents may be too busy with other sellers and won’t give you all the attention to selling your house.

Whoever you choose will decide how fast and how much money you can get from the sale. When deciding, use your good judgment and how comfortable you feel working with that person.

Ask each listing agent to give you a marketing plan and to prepare a comparative market analysis. You want to determine the selling value of your house. When you have more bidders, you will increase the chance of getting higher bids.

You want to market your house the lowest price possible. Work with your listing agent to come up list of comparable homes in the neighborhood and price below them. Home buyers can not resist cheap listed prices. You’ll get more viewing and increase your offers.

Prepare Your House For Sale

Clean and unclutter your home. You can to remove all the clutter. Have as few furniture and things. Remove all your personal items, such as family pictures on walls. Put them in storage.

Make your home smelling fresh. Wash the carpet. Put fresh sensitizers.

Paint the wall. Put on a new coat of paint. Go for neutral colors.

Clean the windows, cut the grass.

Perform any needed repairs on the interior and exterior of your home.

Think about having your home professionally staged.

Place a “For Sale” sign in front of your house and have flyers readily available.

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