Generally, when real estate owners start selling property, a fast and efficient sale is just as important as acquiring a profit. There are several tips out there on how to sell quickly but they may not be for you. Some methods for a quick sale may be too costly or just not something you are willing to do. This article covers just a few of the tips out there such as staging, quality photographs, and companies that purchase homes.
You ask, I can sell my house immediately?
A lot of people are convinced that properly staging your home is the best way to sell your home quickly and if money is not an issue, you want to consider hiring a professional stager. They will go through your home and analyze what needs to be done and then do it. Sometimes this can just be eliminating clutter. Other times this can entail a fresh coat of paint or redecorating.
In some instances a stager may recommend that you remodel a portion of your home, but the level of staging that you undergo really depends on your budget and the amount of time you have available to put the house on the market.
Another way of selling your house quick is to make sure that it is marketed with lots of quality pictures. With a lot of houses on the market, buyers can find themselves overwhelmed with the amount of property to look at.
Often time is of the essence for the buyer as well. They do not want to waste their time looking at homes that they are not interested in. As a result, hiring a photographer to take quality interior and exterior photographs can ensure that the buyers who come to look at the house are really interested and not there just to get a better look.
Taking several pictures of the exterior as well as shots of all the interior rooms is the best way to go about it. The buyer can have a virtual tour of the house through the pictures. If they are interested it is certain that the level of interest is much higher and can eliminate timely revisits.
If you are thinking about selling your Fort Mill SC home, Sharon Salisbury has the knowledge, experience, and ability to help you get a quick sale for top dollar!
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I get this question on occassion from anxious home owners that were hoping their home would sell within days of putting it on the market. Fortunately for my home sellers, in most cases the reasons their house isn’t selling usually comes down to the simple fact that you can’t sell a house overnight. In other cases, there’s some tweaking that needs to be done in order to sell the home fast and for top dollar.
Here are a few suggestions to consider if you don’t think you’re house is selling fast enough.
- Is it priced too high? In many cases, this is the single biggest reason why your home isn’t selling. In tough markets like the one we’re experiencing, house buyers have many more options so it’s critical to make sure your home is priced to sell.
Now you don’t want to simply give your house away, but you may need to consider that a price reduction is needed to sell the property.
- The home is too ‘personalized’. This is another common problem. If potential home buyers can’t envision themselves living in your home for all the family photos or other extensive personalization you’ve done, you’re going to have a very difficult selling your home.
You want people to want into a home where they can easily see themselves living, with their furniture, and their personal touches, not yours.
- Your agent isn’t doing enough to get the word out about your house. In today’s tech-savvy real estate market, it’s critical that your house is marketed online. And I’m not just talking about listing it in the MLS.Â
A good agent should have your home listed on their website or blog, they should have it listed in the large real estate websites like Yahoo! Real Estate or Zillow, and they should also be taking advantage of social media sites like Facebook or Craig’s List.
If you’re agent isn’t doing any of these things, it may be time to have a conversation with them about joining the social media revolution. And if they say those things aren’t important, look for a new agent.
- Holding open houses. Now, while open houses for the general market really aren’t all that effective, broker or agent open houses can be. This is an open house for just real estate agents or brokers. This is a great opportunity to get the word out about your house to other agents that may have potential buyers for your property.Â
Yes, it takes a little bit of work to put on a good agent open house, but at the end of the day, it’s an important step in getting the word out about your home.
- Have some patience. Again, just because your home hasn’t sold within the first week of going on the market doesn’t mean it won’t sell. It just means the right buyer hasn’t come along yet. If you have a hard-working, savvy real estate agent on your side though, it’s really only a matter of time before you’ll soon be sitting at the closing table!
If you’re considering selling your Rock Hill SC or Fort Mill SC home, I’d love an opportunity to share with you all the ways I’ll market your home in order to sell it as quickly as possible and for the highest price possible.
Contact Sharon to sell your Rock Hill SC home today!
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Okay, I’ve been debating something for the past few weeks now and I’ve decided that the only way to make a decision is to ask you, my valued clients, blog readers, and partners.
You probably already know that over 85% of all real estate searches begin online these days. And of those searches, studies suggest that websites or MLS home listings that offer a video walk-through have higher numbers of views AND those that visit the listing or site tend to stay longer.
So, I’ve debated the last few weeks as to how best to utilize this to help market my client’s home listings here in the Rock Hill SC and Fort Mill SC area. What I’d like to know from you is do you think having a video walk-through is helpful? Do you look at listings online longer if there’s a nice video walk-through that accompanies all the home’s specifics and standard pictures?
If you will, do me a favor and leave a quick comment below and let me know what you think about all of this.
Also, here’s a video from ABC News talking about video home tours that’s makes some great points I’m already taking into consideration to help YOU sell your Rock Hill SC or Fort Mill SC home faster!
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In a trend that has been happening for some time now, people looking to either buy or sell real estate (and not just in the Rock Hill SC or Fort Mill SC areas) continue to go online to conduct much of their research before making any decisions. With the increased usage by most of the Internet, it should not really come as a suprise that so many people go online to check out neighborhoods, find and research real estate agents, and even ‘hunt for houses’ before actually going out to ‘hunt for houses’.
The Internet makes it so convenient to pinpoint an area, look for homes that meet a specified criteria, and then get all the nitty-gritty details on the homes. Of course that same can be said for getting information on a real estate agent, or a school district, or any other of the countless reasons why people buy a particular home.
And to help your job of finding information about the real estate markets in Rock Hill SC, Fort Mill SC, Tega Cay SC, Lancaster County SC, or even Charlotte NC easier, I’ve got several tools on my website to help you with your real estate searches.
- FREE Guide to Buying or Selling Your Home in the Rock Hill SC, Fort Mill SC, or Charlotte NC areas – you can sign up at anytime
- Search For Homes Online – this link will take you to the MLS website where you can enter your specific criteria for the home you seek
- Hot NEW Listings – this lists some of the new listings either I have or my associates have on the market
- Hiring A Real Estate Agent – It used to be we were a dime a dozen, but even though market conditions have forced many out of the business you still need to be careful when selecting a real estate agent. The right real estate agent will save you countless headaches and thousands of dollars on a bad transaction. Grab my FREE guide to selecting the right real estate agent for you.
And if you ever can’t find what you’re looking for on my website or someone elses, please feel free to CONTACT ME directly and I’ll do everything possible to resolve you concern immediately.
While this may not be news to some, this is the first I’ve seen of it, but Overstock.com, the discount warehouse website that sells everything from books and DVD’s to appliances and flat screen TV’s, is now jumping on the real estate listing bandwagon. I’m signed up to receive Overstock’s daily specials email and the one they sent today is promoting their real estate portal.
Here’s a screen shot of the emaill:
From what it looks like, you pay a flat fee to have your house listed in their portal. There are also a few other add on services that might be attractive to someone looking to sell their Rock Hill SC, Fort Mill SC, or Charlotte NC home by themselves, but as always, there are pitfalls to selling your home this way.
Yes, you save money on the real estate commission, but you’re left to your own devices to see that all the paperwork goes through smoothly, that the inspections are done properly, and that at the end of the day you’re protected from any type of negligence or lawsuit. Real estate can be a complicated game and while it’s definitely possible to navigate alone, it sure is a lot easier when you have a professional working with you.
So, aside from the obvious revenue Overstock generates from the listings, why would they get into the Internet real estate game?
Well, if you didn’t already know this, over 80% of all real estate transactions these days begins on the Internet. And that percentage is only going to continue to increase. So, if such a high number of people are online searching for real estate, and with Overstock’s huge online presence, it’s a great way for them to increase their online exposure.
As people are searching for their dream home in Rock Hill SC online, they may stumble upon Overstock’s new real estate website and decide to check it out. While their on the website searching for their dream home, they’ll be developing a relationship with Overstock.com that, if they didn’t already know who they were, might lead them to check out their primary e-commerce website.
You see, it’s all about exposure and developing a relationship with people. The more eyeballs you can be exposed to, and the better job you do at developing a relationship with those people, there more chance you have of making a sale for your product or service.
So, kudos to Overstock.com for jumping into the online real estate game. If you’re curious, the website is http://realestate.overstock.com
Is it a worthwhile investment for someone hoping to sell their home? Possibly. Again, the more people that see what you have to offer, the better your chance of someone that likes it finding it and ultimately making you an offer.
In the game of real estate, or just business in general, it’s about exposure.
If you have a home or property in the Rock Hill SC, Fort Mill SC, Tega Cay SC, Lancaster SC, or South Charlotte NC area you’d like to get increased exposure for, I’d love to share with you how my inovative marketing solutions can help you increase the exposure you get.
Give me a call today and let’s get your home sold!
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