Tulsa Homes for Sale - what to do when your listing gets stale 
After your Tulsa home for sale has been on the market a few months, you wonder what to do to revitalize it. Your Realtor standing on the street corner with a costume and a sign is not going to do the trick, so let's look at a few options.
Run the comps again. If you've been on the market even one month, look at the properties that have been listed since you listed yours and decide if you need to react. Also look at those properties that have gone under contract since your Tulsa home for sale was listed - and try to figure out why they were chosen instead of yours.
Is it time for new photos? Obviously if your home exterior was photographed in the snow and the tulips are now blooming, it's time for new exterior photos. If you have done additional landscaping or completed a project, let's get the photographer back out there to take new photos.
Review your showing instructions. When you listed your Tulsa home for sale, you may have established restrictive showing instructions. I ran across a Tulsa home for sale today that is only available for showings Monday through Friday at noon or in the evenings, and that is not going to work with my Buyer's schedule. Try to be more flexible.
Are driving directions to your property easy and correct? This may seem picky since most of us have navigation devices, but do review the driving directions to your home to ensure they are correct and easy to follow.
Before you consider a price reduction, re-consider home staging. If you nixed the idea of spending money on home staging when you listed your Tulsa home for sale, please reconsider that decision now. Yes, it is money spent up front, but almost always an investment that will prevent unnecessary price reductions.
Landscaping and home maintenance - are you still show ready? Great internet photos will get buyers TO your Tulsa home for sale, but if you're not maintaining your yard, landscaping and pool, Buyers may decide not to even stop for a viewing. Even staged, vacant homes need a light dusting and airing out on a regular basis.
Revise verbiage on the internet and syndicate again. I've been asked twice who the Builder was on a Tulsa home for sale currently listed. I added that information to my internet verbiage and syndicated a second time. Not only are you providing relevant information, you are providing fresh information on the internet.
Consider feedback from Realtors and their Buyers. If you have heard the same complaint more than once, it's time to do something about it. If your feedback says that your paint colors are too dark, please paint a lighter color. If there is a concern because the only patio access is from the side of the home, get a quote to add an additional exit - and display a rendering of how it would look.
The solution to a stale listing is not more print advertising or more open houses. Exhaust the list above and see what results you get for your Tulsa home for sale!
Copyright 2012 Lori Cain All Rights Reserved - Originally Posted at: Midtown Tulsa Real Estate - Lori Cain
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