Saturday, June 22, 2013

Making A List Of Home Features To Entice Buyers

By Steve Brien


You can never learn enough about a profession you are passionate about. Especially real estate as it is a diverse and complex market indeed. However, you can gain great knowledge about selling real estate to use to your advantage in increasing your sales and influence in the market. With tips like these, you can definitely soar above the rest in the industry.

Before you put your house on the market to sell, make sure to replace your linoleum floors. These floors are incredibly outdated and other options, such as tile and hardwood floors, give your home a clean and well-maintained appearance. Your home will sell faster if viewers have a favorable impression from the moment they walk through the door.

When renovating a home to sell, focus on visible improvements first. Upgrading the furnace or installing heated floors is all well and good, but if the roof leaks buyers will be turned away. You have a much better chance of getting a return on your investment by making sure the exterior siding or interior paint looks good first.

Either switch out your smoke detectors for a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide, or add additional detectors that are for carbon monoxide only. These are becoming an increasingly important safety feature in your home, and as simple and easy as they are to install, future buyers will still be impressed that you have them in place, and feel better about living there.

Make small improvements to your home before listing it on the market. A home that has been maintained well shows that you have done the work necessary to keep the home in great condition while you lived in it. If the home shows sign of neglect, it can deter the buyer from making a good offer.

Make sure your house is move-in ready. The last thing a buyer wants to do when they move into their new home is start fixing things. If the house needs work, do it before you put it on the market. If a buyer sees too many things that need to be changed or replaced, they will quickly lose interest.

While it might be tempting to pack things into every nook, corner, and cabinet in your house, this strategy will not do you any favors in the eyes of prospective buyers as they tour the house. Remove clutter from the garage, closets, and storage areas; this creates an invitation for buyers to imagine all the things they could do with the extra storage space if the home was their own.

If you are selling a condo, check with your association on the rules about lock boxes. If the condo does not allow lock boxes, try to figure something out with your real estate agent to make it as easy for the potential buyer as possible. You want to make a positive impression not only with your condo but the association that they may have to deal with. So try to make it as convenient as possible.

You aren't going to master real estate selling overnight. Nevertheless, these tips can be a great way to learn a little more than you already do about your field. The real estate market can be quite a bumpy ride to endure, and this article is just one step towards a more stable future in real estate sales.




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