STL Real Estate's 4th tip: know where your buyers start their search. This tip is very closely related to our first sell my house fast in St. Louis tip.
sell my house fast tip 4
So the first step is to figure out who your target buyer is (explained in more depth in the first sell my house fast tip). Once you know who your buyer is, you can then figure out where they start their search.
Think about it. I realize that this point sounds far too obvious, but you would be amazed at the amount of FSBO homeowners that don't start by figuring out these two steps. To be honest, there are numerous real estate agents that don't even start with these obvious first two steps (so if you want to work with an agent make sure you choose wisely).
So, what is the where? Well, there are thousands of ways to connect yourself with homeowners. Traditional ways include listing your property on the multiple listing service with a realtor, or simply throwing a for sale by owner sign out on your front lawn.
The internet also has numerous ways. For example, if you live in an area such as dogtown in Saint Louis, Missouri. You need to realize that a large percentage of people that buy in dogtown are single people that love the idea of being close to bars and forest park.
So, you then ask yourself how does this type of person look for a house? In the pre-internet days, a young man or woman would often look for their first home by picking out neighborhoods and then driving around in them.
This is no longer the case now!
There are two major differences from when I was a child and before:
- GAS is very expensive
- The internet
If you don't know much about the internet, or how to find buyers that are looking on the internet. Don't worry about it. That's what we're for.
Remember, if your who is a younger (35 or below), then they most likely are looking for their house on the internet first. So you need to be on the internet broadcasting your house to your potential buyers.
Our last sell my house fast in St. Louis tip was for motivated sellers who need out NOW.
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~~~This blog was reposted with the permission of stlhouseseller.com. The original posting can be found: http://stlhouseseller.com/sell-house-fast-tip-4-saint-louis-homeowners/
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