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If you had just 1 month to sell your house...

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Home Stager with Room Remedy Interiors, Sydney, Australia

How would you do it? Would you do it any differently?

I recently stumbled upon a blog post by ProBlogger's Darren Prowse. His blog post ponders the question ‘If you had only 1 month left to blog...'

It got me to thinking ‘If I had just 1 month to sell my house what would I do?'World Peace

For me the answer is simple - not a single thing.

As a real estate investor myself, whenever I've decided to sell and move on I've always approached the selling process with a ‘go hard or go home' kind of attitude.  Doing it any other way had never occurred to me.

I've got a friend who's home is fast approaching its 5th month on the market with the 2nd selling agent. I can see the strain of it on her face now. As much as I sympathise with her situation, there's no way that's gonna happen to me.  I cannot bear the thought of living with the inconvenience of selling for longer than is absolutely necessary.

My agent and I have always had a strategy. It's called competitive pricing, excellent presentation and great marketing.  Simple - yes, effective - absolutely.  

So, it's up to you. You've got just 30 days to sell your property and with that sale will come world peace. What's your strategy?

How do you see yourself marketing it?

What about pricing?

Presentation - would you take the ‘sell it as is' approach?

Naturally it begs the question - why not do it this way all the time?

 

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Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Price it right, get lots of photos in the MLS/IDX, make it easily accessible and carpet advertise it.

If it's going to sell, it will sell quickly.  If it doesn't sell quickly, it probably will not sell at all under the present market plan, if there is one.

 

May 14, 2010 12:06 AM
Matt Mulder
Keller Williams Realty - Kalamazoo, MI

great info!! thnx

May 14, 2010 12:19 AM
Ginger Foust
Certified Staging Professional - Oakhurst, CA
Home Stager Oakhurst CA, Dream Interior Redesign & Staging

I personally would have to take care of a lot of deferred maintenance.  It's always in the front of my mind but I feel (like sellers) as though I'm eating an elephant without any help.  Hopefully that won't happen for many, many years. 

May 14, 2010 08:47 AM
Juliet Johnson
Vizzitopia - St Johns, FL
Jacksonville Photography & Digital Marketing

Price it right AFTER you've made it obvious how to live in the place!  i.e. straight-forward life-style staging --- here's where you can do this, and here's how this will work for your family.

So, for me, it comes down to pricing, sparklingly clean and attractively presented, lots of photos --- not of bad angles like half a sink, a shelf and the loo! --- easy to show -- Lenn's right: if you have to give 24 hours notice, or all showings have to be accompanied or even that taking off the shoe thing, if any of it's a pain, it adds time to the selling process.  AND then make sure it's everywhere and anywhere a buyer might be looking for it.

As to Open Houses and Print Advertising... it depends on each person's market.  And the weather.  And the weekend.  And, and, and... sooo many variables and you only know you had it wrong after you did it.  Mad business, this, eh?

May 31, 2010 04:37 AM
Diane Williams
Pell City, AL

Price, location, condition, clutter, paint, market conditions and on and on, goes into why a house will not sell.  Sometimes a seller is her own worst enmity when the property is on the market. Get a experience agent, listen  and do the things that she suggests to make your home stand out above the rest.  I do feel that there is a buyer for every home on the market, we just have to find them.

Jun 05, 2010 11:42 PM