SPRINGTIME HOME SELLING -- SOMETIMES IT MEANS IT'S NOW OR NEVER

By Dallas Realtor-Broker Bill Cherry

BILL CHERRY REALTORS

Our 43rd Year Selling Homes for Texans

I want to speak with you today - home sellers and Realtors - about spring time and home sales.

Irrespective of the other blips in the real estate market that come throughout the year, the season that always brings the most bounty is the spring.  It's when buyers and sellers are, for the most part, more amenable about making a deal and moving forward.  It's when sellers are more likely to get higher prices for their homes.

There is no need for me to list the reasons here because you all know them.  But this year, it is reasonable to believe that the market is going to be more cautious, although there is really no need to be.  Nevertheless, you must address the reality.  This time it is especially important for your home to be comparable to the excitement of a shiny new car with its new car smell.

In the southern part of the country, and most certainly the Dallas area, grass is preparing to become green again, trees are beginning to add new leaves, and shrubby and flowers want to move from the nursery to your yard.

Addressing those events of nature is very important to home marketing.  Now - right now - is the time to add fertilizer to your yard, turn and mulch your flowerbeds, and to beginning adding new shrubs and flowering plants.  And then make certain that all is maintained on no less than a weekly basis.

As far as the interior is concerned, do two things:  Listen and follow the advice of your Realtor, and immediately have your home staged by a professional stager.  The stager part can become a bit tricky since currently apparently anyone can call themselves a stager whether they have talent or not.  But by investigating a stager's previous work and talking to several of the clients, you'll be able to zero-in on the right choice.  I use Barie Pinnel, ASPM.  She serves the Dallas area.  You can reach Barie at 214 227-6482.  I also recommend Karen Ott.  She's another who's light on her feet when it comes to turning dreary into sparkle.

Finally, the price your home eventually brings on the market will be determined in exactly the same way it did when you were the home buyer.  Pricing a home too high, not properly preparing it to look sparkling and not keeping it that way, will not normally bring a quick sale.

So let's recap.  Follow your Realtors professional advice, get your grass green, flower beds colorful, house clean and uncluttered, and staged.  Your check will be there shortly.

I've been selling homes for a very long time - this is my 43^rd-year.  And boy have I learned a lot about how to get the job done, very often when a prior agent was unable to.  Call me, and I'll send you the valuable CD of the radio program I did as a guest of Dr. W. Neil Gallagher, Dallas' famous "Money Doctor," titled "A Realtor's Secret Weapons."  It's free and without any obligation whatsoever.

If you're selling a home in Dallas, I think you'll find I'm your man.  If you're selling a home elsewhere in the U.S. or Canada, this CD will go along way in helping you pick the perfect Realtor.  And remember,

GOD Blesses

BILL CHERRY, REALTORS

SERVING DALLAS, TEXAS

OUR 43RD YEAR SELLING HOMES FOR TEXANS

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