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Prepare Your Home To Sell - Tips For Selling

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Why Homes Sell
- There are FIVE reasons your home will sell. You control FOUR of them.
Home Improvement
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Staging/Conditioning Tips
- Valuable tips for conditioning and staging you home. Make it look its best in the eye of the buyer.
Selling Tips
- Here are some great tips to help you help your REALTOR sell your home.
Your Open House
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Tips For Selling and Showing Your Home

You can play a timely role in selling your home. Here are a some important tips to help the HomeTeam show your home, sell it faster, and sell it at the best possible price.

1. Show Your Home.

Sunshine Brightens Path To Sale
Let the sun shine in! Pull back your curtains and drapes so prospects can see how bright and cheery your home is.
Light Up by Night
Turn on the excitement by turning on all your lights - both inside and outside - when showing your home in the evening. Lights add color and warmth, and make prospects feel welcome.
Don't Crowd Out The Buyers
Potential buyers often feel like intruders when they enter a home filled with people. Rather than giving your house the attention it deserves, they're likely to hurry through. Keep the company present to a minimum.
Consider Your Pets
Dogs and cats are great companions, but not when you're showing your home. Pets have a talent for getting underfoot. So do everybody a favor: Keep Kitty and Spot outside, or at least out of the way. Some buyers are deathly afraid of some pets.
Buyers Can't Think When The Music's too Loud
Rock-and-roll will never die, but it might kill a real estate deal. When it's time to show your home, it's time to turn down the stereo or TV.
Just Relax.
Be friendly, but don't try to force conversation. Buyers want to view your home with a minimum of distraction.

2. Sell Your Home.

Apologize? Never.
No matter how humble your abode, never apologize for its shortcomings. If a buyer volunteers a derogatory comment about your home's appearance, let the experience of the HomeTeam handle the situation.
Stay Low.
Nobody knows your home as well as you do. But the HomeTeam knows buyers - what they need and what they want. We'll have an easier time articulating the virtues of your home if you stay in the background.
You're Selling Your Home - Not Your Stuff.
When prospects come to view your home, don't distract them with offers to sell those furnishings you no longer need. You don't want to lose the sale of your home haggling over the price of an old sofa.
Let Experience Rule.
When prospects want to talk price, terms, or other real estate matters, let them speak to an expert - the HomeTeam
Help the HomeTeam
Your HomeTeam will have an easier time selling your home if showings are scheduled only through our office. You'll appreciate the results!