selling a home: Top 6 Garage Sale Tips before You Sell Your Costa Mesa Home
- 08/14/19 09:50 AM
As soon as you begin to plan to sell your Costa Mesa home, you’ll soon find one thing everyone agrees upon: the need to de-clutter. But where to start? For any home that’s been lived in for years, it’s easier said than done. Most of us shrink from even thinking about what goes and what stays. But one way to wade into the project is to force the issue by picking a date and (now that you’re committed)—holding a garage (AKA ‘yard’) sale! For garage sale neophytes, there are a number of tips that veterans agree upon.
Selling your Costa Mesa home yourself is responsible for most FSBOs (“For Sale by Owner” offerings, pronounced “Fizz-BOW”). It’s the arithmetic that comes with selling yourself that seems at least worth considering—the attractive notion of avoiding paying commission dollars to a real estate brokerage. Real estate commissions in California are negotiated—usually 5%-6%. For a home that closes at $300,000, the idea is for a thrifty FSBO seller to pocket $15,000 to 18,000. Actually, no—at least for most sellers. Since 87% of buyers choose to hire a licensed Costa Mesa Realtor® like TheL3 to represent their interests, that agent can be expected to (0 comments)
The art of selling a home begins with the Costa Mesa listings. Much serious study is continuously given to what works best when it comes to listing language and detail, yet a good deal remains a purely creative exercise. That qualifying “somewhat” is necessary because creating a Costa Mesa listing does have a scientific component. In fact, of the two most important elements (that is, the two that listing readers pay the most attention to), one is mathematical. The first is the artistic “hero shot” photo of the home, ideally pictured at its curb-appealing best. The second is the asking price, which (0 comments)