Tips For Sellers

Most people have heard that the three most important items in selling a home are "Location, Location, Location". Actually that isn't true! Those are important when you are purchasing for investment or resale but immaterial to you as a seller. You already own your home and can do nothing about the location. For you the most important factors are price, condition and marketing. As an experienced Realtor I can help you determine how to enhance all three selling factors.

The price is determined by how your home compares to other similar homes on the market. This is extremely important! If your home is overpriced by even 10% it will often languish on the market and eventually become "old stock". Even if you are willing to sell it at a more competitive price, the buyers don't know that, and since there are plenty of similar homes priced ten percent lower, they won't even look at yours. If it is on the market for more than 6 months, many buyers ask why it hasn't sold yet and wonder if something is wrong with it.

On the other hand, if you price it too low, you are leaving money on the table that could have been in your pocket!

Call me for a free market analysis of your home. I can usually do this with one visit to your home. After reviewing your home, we will sit down together and look at the comparisons on my laptop computer to see how your home stacks up.

The last major factor in selling is its marketing. While it is possible to sell a home without a Realtor, your marketing is extremely limited. Pretty much the only choices are signs, and newspaper advertising. As a Realtor I have access to the MLS, which means access to 200+ other Realtors that are working with buyers actively shopping for homes. Most buyers work with Realtors because they know they need some help finding the correct home for the money and avoiding problems.

How much does all of this cost? Actually, I work for free...until I am successful in selling your home. I will put out money and time advertising and showing property with absolutely no guarantee that I make any money at all! I only get paid if I am successful.

As an experienced Realtor. I am familiar with the complexities of a real estate transaction. I work every day with local professionals such as, engineers, mortgage bankers, title companies, surveyors, contractors, appraisers, lawyers, and the like.

If your home is already listed with another agent...sorry...you are committed and I am not soliciting your listing.