Top Ten Premium Tips Before Listing Your Home for Sale
There are many scams out there such as home inspectors, pest inspectors, city ordinance code enforcers, and realtors who are in cahoots with each other. We have compiled a list of some of the most helpful and thought provoking tips, tricks, and ways on not only to properly list your home but to get your house in order using the cheapest and most cost effective methods. I mean, why should we have to pay for something that does not affect the value of the house or property at all? With that in mind, lets dive right in to the top ten premium tips every home owner should be aware of before listing a home for sale…
Tip 1. Inspect your home by yourself multiple times and fix and repair any issues such as leaks or pest damage such as termites or ants. Many termite and other pest control service companies will inspect your home and not even take pictures or personally show you where they “saw” the termites or pests. The pest control company will want you to take their word so they can take your money. So, inspect your home for pests and home repair issues, then once those have been resolved, forget about it.
Tip 2. Do not worry about putting in new counter tops or new appliances other than leaving behind your oven, stove, and microwave. Every house will come with counters, and whether the counter is made of gold or made of wood, the counter is still a counter. Do not waste your money on useless upgrades that won’t increase the overall value of your home or property.
Tip 3. As for flooring, whether your flooring has wood floors, tile, marble, cement, stained cement, or carpet, the floor is still a floor. You shouldn’t go above and beyond stressing about putting in a new floor, the new home buyer will probably just tear it up for all we know.
Tip 4. If you want to touch up rooms with new paint, that may help, sometimes touching up stains or dirt that is hard to clean from walls and ceilings can be easily painted over to help hide and blend in with the surrounding paint. I wouldn’t paint the entire house both inside and outside, remember, you may paint it red, but the buyer may just repaint it blue.
Tip 5. Be sure to change your address with the United States Postal Service (USPS) as soon as possible so the cities and local government know where to send your citations, tickets, and suspension letters to. After all, why else would the feds want your new address?
Tip 6. Tell the seller to pay for everything, including the home inspection, pest control and termite inspection, home repairs that you did not want to do, as well as paying the closing costs and making a full price offer. Remember, you can sell your home to anyone you want, if the potential seller wants you to pay for anything, then the heck with them, they could purchase some other home then.
Tip 7. If you have any pets such as dogs or cats, then keep them at a friends or family members house until you find your new home, so the dog or cat will not get their fur all over the counter tops and floor. The last thing a potential home buyer wants to see is pet fur and pet poop all over the place.
Tip 8. Talk to neighbors and ask what they did and what methods and tips and tricks they can share with you to help give you a better idea on not only a more efficient way but also a more cost effective way in to showing and listing your home for sale. Some methods and ways may not necessarily work for all houses. For instance a town home or town house may not have a yard so you would not have to worry about dealing with any yard work.
Tip 9. You may want to consult with a five star mortgage broker when dealing with anything regarding home title or home titling work. Think about listing your home by yourself as well, so you will not have to deal with the real estate drama that is so typical and rampant amongst realtors.
Tip 10. Also if your home sits inside or near a flood plane, you may want to make sure the home is properly defended against any flash flooding that may occur during the wetter parts of the year. Weather can produce a tremendous amount of precipitation also known as rain water, in a short amount of time.
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