Home Seller's Guide. What Should You Do First?

Decided that now it's time to sell your home and find yourself a new one?
 Congrats! 
It's so exciting although might be a little overwhelming, but that's why we, real estate professionals are here for!
 I am here to assist you and make the selling of your home a very smooth enjoyable process :)

When selling your home, remember that price and condition are the two most important factors.  
Buyers prefer a home that is in move-in condition and will pay top dollar for it.  It is important to be sure your home is in superior condition before listing it.  

The first step is look at your home with buyer's eyes. Go through the house and ask yourself the questions the buyers will ask:
 - Is the house structurally sound?
 - Do the mechanicals and appliances work?
 - Does anything need to be repaired of replaced?

Take notes and pictures of everything that you notice wrong with the house, then make a list of the repairs and updates you are wiling to spend your time and money on. 
Any obvious cosmetic defects that could deter a buyer should be your priority number one! 
This will help reduce the risk of buyers trying to renegotiate the price due to repairs or problems that may arise from a private inspection done prior to closing.

Having your property in top condition will attract more buyers to your home, giving your property more value, which will help to sell your home faster for the top price.

• What is the very first thing buyers see when they get to a house? When a Realtor is getting the key out of the lockbox, what are buyers starring at? THE FRONT DOOR! To me, this is the first thing that should be taken care of. Either re-painted, re-finished or replaced. 

• Make sure that the doorbell works.

• Also, don't forget about your home's curb appeal. Place some plants by the door and plant a couple annual flowers where the buyers can see them.

• Clean the windows and make sure the paint is not chipped or flaking.  

• Clean and freshen up rooms, furnishings, floors, walls and ceilings. Make sure that bathrooms and kitchens are spotless.

• Organize closets, try to take as many things out of them as possible, it will make them look more spacious to the prospective buyers.

• Providing a feeling of openness in a home can be accomplished quite easily and allows the house to appear larger. Open areas free of clutter are very important in showing a home.

• Eliminate the source of any bad smells, such as the kitty box. Use plug in air fresheners or even better candles each time you are having an open house or a showing. Also, Invest in a couple of vases of fresh flowers to place around the house and next to any information about the house you have prepared for buyers.

Selling a home can be a lot of work, but with all your efforts, they can pay off quickly and with a larger sum of money.