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10 Factors Most Likely to Influence Your Sale
Every one of these items you get on your side of the ledger moves you closer to a sale. Every item on which an owner is unwilling or unable to make a concession on moves you further away from a sale. Just remember whose side you are on!
1. Price the property between WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
2. Be willing to consider offers based on VA/FHA terms. Government terms can give buyers a head start on the ability to afford a home.
3. Allow the property to be shown without an appointment! That's a nuisance,
but not as bad as being on the market unsold!!
4. Please be gone whenever a prospective buyer-- accompanied by a Realtor wants to see the house. And STAY gone until there gone! Buyers need to "try it on for size", but they can't do that as long as you're there. If you are at home, try to keep a low profile. Be friendly but do not force conversation.
5. Eliminate any barrier to a free flow of traffic in the property: Bulky or extra furniture, house plants that stick out into traffic ways, toys or clothes not put away or beds not made, etc. This all slows down traffic and makes rooms look smaller and darker. Turn down televisions and steros. Let the sun shine in! Pull back curtains and drapes, open up shades. Turn on lights in the evening both inside and outside!
6. Watch dogs that provide so much security that no one can see the property without a death wish are a problem. How much security do you really need? Try to keep them out of the way.
7. Your Realtor is on your side and won't get paid until you get happy. Advice from a professional is useless unless you take it!
8. Look at the front of your house. Size it up objectively and critically (that's asking a lot of any homeowner!) QUESTION: if a buyer who didn't already love you pulled up in front, would the appearance pull them inside?
9. Make any and all recommended improvements with an eye toward neutral marketing (won't clash with anyone's taste or furniture color).
10. Be willing to consider ANY offer at ANY time. Remember, you are always the final judge of what's accepted and what's not.
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