The Smart Real Estate Show - How to sell your property Quick and for Top Dollar. There is a precise outline of how to sell quick for top dollar. If you're a homeowner or an agent, use these tools to get the job done and the property sold.
Price
Pricing the property in the proper price range is step one. If you over price the property you simply will not get enough buyers to find interest. This is true for all markets, Sellers Market, Buyers Market or Stable market.
Condition
Make sure the property is the Shiny Penny of the neighborhood. New or freshened up landscaping in the front and back yard is very important. You only have one chance at a First Impression. Spending a couple hundred dollars in landscaping and mulch makes a big difference. Also, if the home needs touchup paint to the exterior, before listing the property for sale is the best time to perform touchup painting.
The interior of the home will need to be de-cluttered and all personal pictures and items need to be packed up an removed. Use your garage to store all personal items and furniture as most buyers understand when a garage is filled with personal items and honestly the buyer doesn't care much about the garage space. When placing items in the garage make sure you leave room around the parameter of the garage so the buyers home inspector has access to the walls.
Painting the interior of the property in a light neutral color will not only help make the home look larger, it will also give the property a facelift. It's important that the home looks clean and is ready for a new owner, so spending money on fresh neutral paint is very important.
Carpet and flooring throughout the property needs to be clean or replaced. Remember you're creating a Shinny Penny, and you want the buyer to have more than a desire to purchase, you want the buyer to need to purchase your property. Either have the flooring professionally cleaned, or if the flooring is more than 5 years old I suggest having new flooring installed. When choosing new flooring upgrade just one step above a renter grade flooring. Spending a couple hundred dollars more for nicer flooring will give you a much greater return.
Marketing
Most real estate agents perform the 3 P's in marketing. Place the property in the MLS, Place a sign in the front yard, and Pray for a Buyer. This does not make for a quick sale at Top Dollar.
In order to sell your property Quick for Top Dollar agents must also do the following:
Pay for advertising on Realtor.com, Zillow.com, and Trulia.com
Take High Definition Photos of the property
Have a Virtual Tour of the property
Take a Video of the property
Syndicate the Virtual Tour and Video to additional websites
Use Social Media to market and find buyers
Be proactive in finding a buyer by calling their database of buyers, clients, sphere, and past clients
If your agent is not performing at the very lease all the above listed marketing techniques, you're going to fight an uphill battle in getting your property sold Quickly for Top Dollar.