Selling Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way! Five Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your House! Article 3~Mistakes To Avoid
When selling your home there are many mistakes that you want to avoid in an effort to not hinder the time your home is on the market. Yesterday I took a family to look for their new home and was reminded of some of these ‘Deadly Mistakes' that home owners make. These mistakes cost you time and can ‘kill' your chances to ‘Sell Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way.'
Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home!
•1. Staying home while the property is being shown. This is a huge mistake and is number one on my list of ‘Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home.' While most homeowners feel that by being there to show the home none of the advantages their home offers will be overlooked, this is the most common mistake I see homeowners making. When listing your home put yourself in a buyer's shoes for a moment..... If you were looking at homes wouldn't you want the ability to ask questions and speak freely to your REALTOR®......The homeowners presence hinders a buyer's ability to speak freely , and makes the homeowner seem desperate to sell, which hinders the homeowners negotiation abilities. Go for a walk, go to the park, bottom line leave your home for showings.
•2. Knowingly overpricing your home for negotiation room. This is another ‘big mistake' I see homeowners making. Pricing a property where it should be is important in today's market, more so then ever before. When a home is priced correctly you have a much greater chance of attracting multiple offers, and/or full price offers. Most over priced homes tend to sit on the market, after a time buyer's begin to ask "What's wrong with it?" Price your home correctly and it will sell faster.
•3. Too much clutter. There is a big difference between everyday clean and Top-dollar clean. When your goal is to sell your home it is time to get realistic about the amount of clutter in your home, and do something about it. A buyer needs to be able to see themselves in your home; removing clutter will help your property to shine. Clutter is more than removing the old newspapers and stack of magazines from the coffee table, it is minimizing collections, clearing out over filled closets, removing excess furniture or oversized furniture, cleaning pantries and putting away items on the restroom counters. Remove the clutter and your home will show better.
•4. Over personalized or out of the ‘norm' items. There is nothing wrong with hunting, but not every home buyer wants the first buffalo they have ever seen to be a head mounted on a wall. You might consider storing these trophies, they are offensive to some people and could factor in to their decision to buy your home. If you have a wall of pictures or crosses, consider removing all but a few. The goal is to sell your home, when you make that decision your home becomes a commodity and you have to look at it as such.
•5. Leaving the pets free inside the home during showings. People love their dog or kitty, they do not love yours. Most people are nervous around other people's dogs and/or cats, and no matter how friendly your doggy or kitty is this hinders selling your home. When buyer's see you have an indoor pet that is allowed to run free they start sniffing the air for odors and looking for stains, the home becomes less clean. The best action is to remove the pet from your home when it is being shown. If you cannot remove the pet then crate the pet in a confined area such as the utility room or the garage.
I hope you found this information useful. Remember these ideas are only suggestions and each property is unique, so before you decide to renovate your whole home in order to sell it have a REALTOR® preview your home and give you their opinion of changes that can be made to best accentuate your property and ‘Sell Your Home the Speedy Gonzales Way!'
Cindy Cranston and Faye Taylor are REALTORS© with Keller Williams Heritage living and doing business in the South San Antonio, Floresville and La Vernia, Texas market. We represent both homeowners and home buyers in these areas.
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Cindy Cranston and Faye Taylor are the Total Edge Team Realtors® with Keller Williams Realty Heritage living and doing business in the South Texas, San Antonio, Floresville and La Vernia, Texas market. They represents both homeowners and home buyers in these market areas.They specialize in military family and distressed properties. They enjoy the great rewards gained by helping our military heroes and their families buy or sell their home, and assisting distressed homeowners to sell their home and avoid foreclosure.
Cindy has been involved with the United States military her entire life; First as a proud military brat while her father served, then as a Medical Technician in the Air Force, and for the past 14 years as a military wife to her career military husband.
Cindy~ 'Having been around the military my whole life gives me a unique perspective on the challenges that face a military family. I am uniquely qualified to understand this situation from all angles, and enjoy helping relieve some of the burdens caused by your military PCS.'
Faye has earned a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation from the National Association of Realtors®. The CDPE designation makes her uniquely qualified to assist homeowners who risk losing their homes. She works diligently with loan mitigation, asset managers and the homeowner to find an alternative to foreclosure.
Faye~ 'Working with homeowners and families to help them avoid a bank foreclosure is truly rewarding. The prospect of foreclosure can be financially and emotionally devastating, it's important to understand your options. CDPE has equipped me to help homeowners navigate this process and guide them to their best course of action.'
Cindy it is the last one that I think causes the most problems, leaving the pets "home alone" including cats. I often have buyers who do not want to come in because of allergies. The others are just afraid of the dog or do not what dog hair on themselves.