In order to find a buyer for your home, you must make a house-shopper absolutely fall in love with your house.
Most house-shoppers will start falling in love or out of love within the first 30 seconds of arrival.
It is critical to know the factors that create "buyer attraction" in order to find the buyer as soon as possible.
After all, every month that goes by translates into another mortgage payment and utility bill for you to pay.
When you've moved out all of your "clutter" - or wisely stored it in a self-storage facility - call your Realtor up and have him/her meet you at your place to walk through it together.
Your Realtor has likely walked through many homes and may know what qualities about your home will appear unattractive to buyers.
Use this session with your Realtor to purely focus on "things to make better".
One gigantic rule of thumb to staging a house is to "create light and space" in every room.
These are two generalizations that buyers tend to love about homes.
Pull back drapes, rearrange furniture towards the walls, create easy walkways between rooms, clear off your front porch, and do whatever else you can to create both light and space everywhere.
You may have to keep lights on in some rooms to make this happen.
Consider installing motion-activated light switches in these always-dark rooms.
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Next, focus on the scent of every room - does every room smell nice? Strategically place air fresheners, candles, etc.
throughout your house.
To a buyer, a good-smelling home is the smell of a home that was well-cared for.
Check all of the light fixtures in the house.
Are they dusty? Are some of the bulbs burnt out? Make sure to keep an extra pack of light bulbs in a kitchen drawer in case you need to change one during the duration of your home's listing.
Remember - first impressions are critical - especially to house-shoppers.
Tend to the front porch and front room aggressively.
Buyers should feel excited to see the rest of the house when they approach and enter through the front door.
The porch, surrounding plants, welcome mat (buy a new one), door, and even the doorknob should all be in perfect shape.
Some people even buy new address numbers that attach to the house.
Also, the front room should be absolutely immaculate.
Create an ambiance that makes visitors to the house say "wow" out loud.
Ensure that any visible wastebaskets are empty - all trash should be removed from the property prior to marketing the house.
The same applies to tools - the only tools that should remain in the house are cleaning supplies, which should be stored under the kitchen sink.
Make that bathroom look new: purchase a new shower liner/curtain and dress the rest of the bathroom up with a new towel and bath rug set.
Keep plenty of toilet paper in the bathrooms in case visitors need to use it.
Finally, take plenty of pictures of your beautiful home.
Your Realtor has likely created in-house flyers for you, but that doesn't mean you can't create your own.
Make your own flyers with various pictures and descriptions (if you aren't good with a computer or flyer designing, find someone who is) and attach your flyer to your Realtor's flyers.
Have your Realtor review them first.
Thereafter, check in on your house frequently (if you aren't living there) and do any necessary cleaning and touch-up work.
Good luck!
Most house-shoppers will start falling in love or out of love within the first 30 seconds of arrival.
It is critical to know the factors that create "buyer attraction" in order to find the buyer as soon as possible.
After all, every month that goes by translates into another mortgage payment and utility bill for you to pay.
When you've moved out all of your "clutter" - or wisely stored it in a self-storage facility - call your Realtor up and have him/her meet you at your place to walk through it together.
Your Realtor has likely walked through many homes and may know what qualities about your home will appear unattractive to buyers.
Use this session with your Realtor to purely focus on "things to make better".
One gigantic rule of thumb to staging a house is to "create light and space" in every room.
These are two generalizations that buyers tend to love about homes.
Pull back drapes, rearrange furniture towards the walls, create easy walkways between rooms, clear off your front porch, and do whatever else you can to create both light and space everywhere.
You may have to keep lights on in some rooms to make this happen.
Consider installing motion-activated light switches in these always-dark rooms.
.
Next, focus on the scent of every room - does every room smell nice? Strategically place air fresheners, candles, etc.
throughout your house.
To a buyer, a good-smelling home is the smell of a home that was well-cared for.
Check all of the light fixtures in the house.
Are they dusty? Are some of the bulbs burnt out? Make sure to keep an extra pack of light bulbs in a kitchen drawer in case you need to change one during the duration of your home's listing.
Remember - first impressions are critical - especially to house-shoppers.
Tend to the front porch and front room aggressively.
Buyers should feel excited to see the rest of the house when they approach and enter through the front door.
The porch, surrounding plants, welcome mat (buy a new one), door, and even the doorknob should all be in perfect shape.
Some people even buy new address numbers that attach to the house.
Also, the front room should be absolutely immaculate.
Create an ambiance that makes visitors to the house say "wow" out loud.
Ensure that any visible wastebaskets are empty - all trash should be removed from the property prior to marketing the house.
The same applies to tools - the only tools that should remain in the house are cleaning supplies, which should be stored under the kitchen sink.
Make that bathroom look new: purchase a new shower liner/curtain and dress the rest of the bathroom up with a new towel and bath rug set.
Keep plenty of toilet paper in the bathrooms in case visitors need to use it.
Finally, take plenty of pictures of your beautiful home.
Your Realtor has likely created in-house flyers for you, but that doesn't mean you can't create your own.
Make your own flyers with various pictures and descriptions (if you aren't good with a computer or flyer designing, find someone who is) and attach your flyer to your Realtor's flyers.
Have your Realtor review them first.
Thereafter, check in on your house frequently (if you aren't living there) and do any necessary cleaning and touch-up work.
Good luck!