Barriers to Selling Your Troy Michigan Real Estate
Posted in Troy Michigan Real Estate by Michigan Real Estate Expert on April 20th, 2009 The biggest barriers to selling your Troy Michigan real estate are often those you create yourself such as:
- Wanting a quick sale.
- Not knowing how to price your home correctly.
- Not knowing how to present your house to its best advantage.
When you first begin to think about selling your home it seems easy. Put a sign on the lawn and list it. Once the shine wears off of the desire to do it all yourself, you might need some tips to help sell your home:
Clean It Up
That’s the first and foremost advice. Nothing deters a Troy Michigan real estate sale faster than a messy house. Living in your home while trying to sell it makes it difficult to keep it clean, but if you’re serious about wanting to sell your home, it’s worth the extra effort. You may want to learn how to clean your home fast for those times when a buyer calls and wants to see your home in 15 minutes or less.
Take Good Pictures
Where do you think people search first for homes for sale? Online! Newspapers used to be the first place people looked for homes. But now, approximately 80% of all home buyers look online before searching anywhere else.
Due to cost and space limitations, newspapers usually display only one photo of the front view of the home. On the internet, where space is abundant, buyers expect to see lots of exterior and interior pictures, in fact, the more the better. If you aren’t experienced at getting good room photos that show off your Troy Michigan real estate home to its best advantage, hire a photographer or a real estate agent who can do it for you.
Hold an Open House
Or several. Selling your home takes time. If you are busy and can’t fit opening your home up to viewers into your schedule, you may want to list your home with one of the Troy Michigan real estate agents who can do it for you. It’s better to leave your home in the hands of a professional real estate agent so you aren’t tempted to hover over buyers as they walk through. Hanging around discourages buyers from talking to each other about the qualities of your home and from taking the time to view and consider the true potential of your home.
Want to learn more about how to stage your home for a successful sale? I’m prepared to send your FREE book, “Staging Tips to Prepare Your Home for Market.” There are absolutely no strings attached!
There are pitfalls you can get tripped up on when selling your Troy Michigan real estate. If you’d like to work with one of the Troy Michigan real estate agents who can help you maneuver around those pitfalls, send me an email now at info@NorthWoodwardHomes.com or give me a call today at 248-514-2640.
Lee Morof
RE/MAX Showcase Homes
Birmingham, Michigan
www.NorthWoodwardHomes.com
info@NorthWoodwardHomes.com
Call: 248-514-2640
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