10 Tips to Sell Fast in 2023
Thinking about selling and needs some tips to ensure you get the most money out of your home possible? Check our our top tips on how to increase your curb appeal and attract more home buyers for the sale of your home.
1. Hedge Your bushes and Plant Flowers
Adding a pop of color and trimming your bushes can increase your curb appeal substantially. Try planting some colorful annual flowers leading up your walkway and around your front door.
-Try Colorful Flowers
-Use a Blend of Flowers, Succulents and bushes depending on your region
2. Paint Your Trim and Front Door
Painting your trim and front door can make your home stand out. A colorful door will add a special touch for buyers to remember. “The house with the yellow door…”
-Try colors that compliment your home’s color rather than matching it.
-Primary colors are popular colors for residential doors which include yellow, blue and red.
3. Clean Your Carpets and Couches
Buyers tend to associate clean homes, with home that are in good condition, even though there is no direct correlation. For example, a homeowner might be messy but have just replaced all the plumbing. Still, if you can’t keep your home clean and tidy for showings, buyers will wonder what else is lurking in the walls.
Consider shampooing your carpet and furniture right before photos. Another option, is to cover your sofas with white or beige colored couch covers.
4. Patch Cracks in Cement & Epoxy
Properties in California naturally contract and expand which causes cracks in the cement. Rather than replacing the cement, which can be timely and costly, consider filling the cracks and holes and epoxying over it. It’ll provide a sleek and refreshed look.
5. De-Clutter
Declutter your home in 2023 by removing all the knick knacks, collectibles, personal photos, and art. Put your items in storage so they are not taking up the garage as buyers will also want to view that space. be sure to remove all photos. Most home buyers will want to tour the home and need to picture themselves in the home and personal photos can be distracting, as well as a turn off.
6. Stage Your Home
According to the National Association of Realtors homes that are staged see higher priced sales more frequently. Staging professionals not only bring in fresh furniture to give your home a fresh new look but they understand spaces and fluidity and can often make your home “feel” larger by changing some of the traffic patterns and flows.
7. Get Aerial and 3D Photographs
Most buyer start their home search on the internet and by nature we are visual creatures. So, save the home buyers some of the guess work and consider getting high quality aerial photos. These photos will give homebuyers not only your exact location within a neighborhood but also can often times include important points of interest that may be near by.
8. Get a Home inspection
A home inspection is in important part of the transaction process. Rather than being surprised that you need a new roof, get a home inspection prior to listing your home for sale. Then, consider which items you’ll repair and which items you’ll leave for the new buyer to handle. Be prepared to disclose all repairs that were done and to share a copy of the inspection report with all potential buyers.
9. Get an Appraisal
Once you have a buyer they will likely need an appraisal. An appraisal is ordered by the buyer’s lender or bank. It’s an independent home valuation. The home needs to appraise at the value the home is in escrow for. If you are selling your home for $500,000.00 then the appraisal needs to come in at least at $500,000.00. If the appraisal is short then the buyer and seller may have to renegotiate. You can get an independent appraiser before you list your home for sale. While the buyer will still have to get their own (they cannot use yours) you’ll have a much better idea of where it should come in it.
10. Clean & Organize
Organizing is one of the best methods to utilize when cleaning and preparing your home for sale.
-Organize your bookshelf in terms of the size of the book
-Keep all dirty close in a closed bin unseen
-Use closed bins or a closed shelving system for toys and left over collectables
-Use Tupperware for your Pantry and Food items
