| Selling your home can be difficult. Having to | | | | 4. Are you marketing your home? I didn't ask if |
| endure showings or lack of showings, repeated | | | | your agent is marketing your home. You need to |
| low offers and real estate agent excuses is not | | | | be marketing your home. There are several free |
| fun. The competition is tough and there are no | | | | websites that let you advertise your home for |
| magic beans, but there are several ways you can | | | | sale. One of the best sites is craigslist.org. Make |
| increase the speed at which your home sells. | | | | flyers and put them out at stores in your city. |
| Take a look at our checklist and see if you | | | | Make another flyer and deliver it to everyone in |
| missed something along the way. | | | | your neighborhood. |
| 1. Did you select the correct real estate agent? | | | | 5. Is your home priced right? The number one |
| Did you know that twenty percent of the agents | | | | reason why homes don't sell fast is they are |
| sell eighty percent of the homes? Is your agent in | | | | priced wrong. Don't list your home for what |
| the twenty percent? Did you interview several | | | | everyone has their home listed for. This puts you |
| agents? It may be too late to select another | | | | in competition with many homes. Price your home |
| agent but if your home doesn't sell with this agent | | | | for what other homes sold for, not what they |
| then change agents when the contract ends. | | | | were listed for. There are several free sites that |
| 2. Does your agent market your home? Is your | | | | offer free home appraisals. Use three or four of |
| home on the internet, in local papers, and on the | | | | them and average the appraisals. I can't stress |
| MLS? If not find out why not. Ask your agent to | | | | enough the importance of pricing your home right. |
| start marketing your home. People will not just | | | | 6. Do you want to sell your home today? You |
| drive up to your home and want to buy it. Buyers | | | | can sell your home fast by offering your home to |
| need to see a home before they decide to drive | | | | investors. You have seen the signs like "We Buy |
| by. | | | | Houses" and "Sell Your Home Today". These sites |
| 3. Does your home look like a model home? | | | | will take your information and pass it on to home |
| Check the look of your home from the street. | | | | investors in your area. Investors can buy homes |
| How does it look? Walk inside your home, do you | | | | fast, but normally offer less than what your |
| see a model home? If not, then create one. | | | | home is worth. |
| Remove the clutter, clean, and arrange so that | | | | Follow the above suggestions and improve your |
| your home is a show home. | | | | chances of selling your home today. |