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There are many different decisions that must be made when buying or selling a home.

Below are links to valuable online resources that will answer your questions and help you make better home buying and selling decisions:

Please contact me if with any questions, or just want to bounce some ideas. I am here to help!

 

Selling Tips & Techniques

It's Showtime!

Your house has been checked, inspected, and cleaned from top to bottom. You have priced it at what you feel is a fair price. The marketing and advertising program is in full swing. Now it is time to put all of the preparation into action: showings! All of the work that you have done up to this point will only have an effect when a buyer walks into your house for the first time.

Home Selling Checklist

Give all family members assigned jobs in advance that will go into action when a short-notice showing is scheduled. Everyone must know their duties and carry them out, so that you don't end up banging into one another trying to get everything done quickly.

Open every window covering. All drapes, curtains and blinds should be positioned to let in maximum light. Buyers like a house to be "light and bright," so accommodate them! Turn on as many lights as possible.

Make sure the house smells good. Baking cookies, often recommended, may be overdoing it, but pet odors, smoke, or greasy cooking odors definitely will not work! Air out the house just before the scheduled showing, but close the windows (unless it is a perfect day) before they arrive..

Six very important words: no clutter, no clutter, no clutter!

Make sure that everything is spotless. Pay particular attention to the bathrooms and the kitchen. In the bathrooms, towels should be fresh and clean, sinks and baths scrubbed, and the floor freshly cleaned. In the kitchen, make sure all dishes are put away and countertops and sinks cleaned..

Check the thermostat to make sure that the house is at a comfortable temperature.

Remove pets from the house, or at least, keep them outside. Pets under foot will quickly put a damper on an otherwise positive showing.

I will develop a Home Fact Sheet for you that details all the great attributes of your home. Make sure your Home Fact Sheets are available and easily accessible. (The dining room table is an ideal place for them, and that's where I usually put them).

Relax! And, if you can ...please leave! If for some reason you cannot leave, please make yourself as inconspicuous as possible. Be as helpful as you can and be careful not to crowd the buyers.

For more information about how to sale your home, please contact me. I would love to meet you in person, discuss your options, and provide a FREE Home Valuation!

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