Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Things to Do to Help Sell My Memphis Home

There are many things we can do to help sell our homes just a bit faster. We surely need all the help we can get in this market. Recently, I heard this saying and found it to be very true. If you want your home to sell the fastest in your price category and in your area of town...then you need to be prepared to win two contests....the price contest and the beauty contest.

Pricing high to start your listing off...."just to see what we can get"....is a mistake. You should carefully review the area sales prices.....NOT asking prices...but sales prices. The day of interviewing Realtors and then picking the Realtor that says they can get you the highest price for your home is also a mistake. Read reality in the home sale prices and then pick a Realtor who will market your home based on reality and also using proven marketing techniques.

If your home needs carpet or paint or caulking in the kitchen or bathroom....then get it done. If your home is in a price category with ten or twelve or twenty other homes...then your home needs to look like it is move in ready. Why? Because that is the home that will sell first among the other homes in the same price category. I usually suggest to our lising clients to go ahead and spend a couple of hundred dollars and get your home inspected. Make ALL the repairs and then you have just one more reason why a buyer should consider purchasing your home above all the others. When a prospective buyer sees a completed home inspection and completed repairs, they know that the home has been taken care of properly.

Need some professional help and advice in selling your home? Please contact us today.