House-Selling Tips

 1) Find the value of your home at current market. There is a free website www.zillow.com, but they have not entirely correct value. You can check the home value on Realty Trac. You can order an appraisal of a house on US Search Property Reports for a small fee. Or you can ask the appraiser to make the verbal appraisal.

2) Find an experienced real estate agent. He also helps you determine the price of the house. As they say: “There is no homes that can be unsold, it is incorrect price, for which no one wants to buy.” If you want to make a short-sale, and if your bank allows it, it is best to find an agent who deals with short-sale and is in this experience.

 3) Prepare your home for sale. Make your house clean, organized, and attractive to potential buyers to submit themselves living in it.

А  few simple tips, how to sell the house faster:

-Old and neglected front door makes your house less attractive for potential buyers. Paint, refresh the main entrance. You can hang a new, more attractive fixtures.

-Fresh neutral paint creates a feeling of novelty home. Wash all interior doors or paint them. Dirty doors will not help you quickly sell the house. That doors do not discolor and look like new long-term, they can be protected by polycrylic. “A clear finish topcoat in a water-based formula that offers protection along with fast-drying times. Can be used over bare wood, oil- and water-based stains, paint and wallpaper.”

-Wash all windows and put the window blinds or curtains. If the windows are narrow , the rods with the curtains should be much wider than the window. This visually expand a window.

 -Remove all of your family photos. They make people feel like they’re invading your space.  And you need them to feel at home.

-Remove all toys, extra books, small items, large flowers, etc. This will create a feeling of bigger space. Leave just a vase of flowers and a couple of small sculptures on the coffee table and mantel.

-Make your space more warmer and inviting. Add some colored pillows, a picture (do not overdo main), lighting. Properly placed lighting creates a cozy home.

-Too much furniture, or vice versa, making the room is not appealing – too busy or too empty.

-Organize your closets. Piles of clothes make your closet visually smaller.

-Clear off countertops.  Messy coutertops and tables left no room for food preparation or eating.

-Get rid of moldy caulk in bathrooms. The entire room is sparkling-clean, bottles and jars are tucked away. A bathroom with everything in view made even a fairly clean bathroom look disorganized.

-Organize your basement. Even if the basement is unfinished, disorganized piles of junk are a huge turnoff to potential buyers.