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Published by Lance Mohr - Real Estate Agents | Filed under Uncategorized
If you have a knowledgeable and competent Realtor, you can save or even make thousands of dollars when selling your home. If you have a knowledgeable and competent Realtor, you can save or even make thousands of dollars when selling your home.
Conditioning prepares the title for easy transfer of title by ensuring that any defects like liens or judgments are not attached to the title. Defects discovered in the title after the close of escrow could result in a lawsuit by the buyer for damages of the unpaid liens and any losses occurred as a result of the cloud on the title; so it’s critical to clear the title of any clouds early in the sale process.
Staging is the process of upgrading your home on things like lightening and brightening, de-cluttering, landscaping, painting, and carpeting, which could bring a return of over 700% on your money invested. The Home Staging Resource has assembled a list of improvements with corresponding returns.
Pricing Right is an art form all its own. If you are selling a home in Tampa Bay, Wesley Chapel, Riverview, Land O Lakes, Lutz, Brandon, or Odessa, for example, you need a Realtor who has lived and sold many homes in these areas to be able to determine the best price to sell your home. But be aware that not all experienced Realtors will be ethical about setting a realistic price. Too many Realtors will praise you and your home tell you to list your home with them for a much higher price than it can sell for. But at some point in the listing period, it becomes obvious that your home is not worth that much money and your Realtor will tell you that you need to reduce the price if you want to sell it quickly. Then when it’s clear that you cannot sell your home for that price, your agent will convince you that you need to lower the price, but by that time several weeks and months have already been wasted.
Marketing using printed publications became ineffective about three or four years ago. People today find homes on the web, so Realtors need to be using the latest technology to make homes available to web visitors, like movie or virtual tours.
Not every agent has expertise in each of the categories so it’s a good strategy for you to find a Realtor that does by interviewing them. When interviewing a Realtor, ask them how many homes they have (sold-or-closed-escrow)and what kinds of strategies they used to market those homes. Look for a Realtor with good marketing strategies, 4-5 years of experience, and about 50 closed sales. And what matters, too, is how many satisfied clients are enjoying home-ownership and how many would recommend the same Realtor to their mother.
Let’s revisit the issue of marketing. Don’t get sidetracked by how many listings a Realtor has in Riverview or Odessa, for instance; what matters is the effectiveness of their marketing strategies to get the listings sold. One more question to ask regarding marketing is to find out how fast the Realtor puts listings on the web to reach to as many buyers as possible; or does she keep the listing off the web in hopes of finding a buyer by herself so that she does not have to split the full commission.
Finding a competent and knowledgeable Realtor to help you value your home and sell it can be stressful, but Terry Greenway and the rest of the Tampa2Enjoy team are here to help you get started on the right path by offering you a free estimate of your Tampa home value in and around Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Riverview, Land O Lakes, Lutz, Brandon, and Odessa.
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