Understand why you are selling your home. Your motivation to sell is the determining factor for how you will approach the sale of your home. It will affect everything from what you set your asking price at to how much time, money and effort you are willing to invest in order to prepare your home for sale. Keep the reasons for selling your home to yourself. By keeping this information personal and private, you will not give the buyer negotiating leverage....

Selling your home is one of the most important things you will ever do in your life. This simple system will provide the tools you need to maximize your profits, maintain control, and reduce the stress that comes with the home-selling process. Know why you are selling and keep it to yourself. The reasons behind your decision to sell affect everything from setting a price to deciding how much time and money to invest in getting your home ready for sale. What is more important to you? The money you...

The ability to reap additional profits on the sale of your home can be accomplished easily enough if you make the right improvements. Making these changes early on can provide the prospective buyer with an enhanced feeling about your home, more space, more light, more rooms, closet space, privacy, warmth and security. Basic, simple and inexpensive improvements can provide an improved emotional appeal for a potential buyer. For example, a crack in the wall can be (and should be) repaired ...

Most people only sell a small number of homes in their lifetime. With such limited experience, how do you expect to be capable of maximizing your profits from your home sale? Many sellers make the mistake of assuming that all real estate agents are the same and list with the first agent who comes along. Not taking the time to research the agent who will list your house could cost you thousands of dollars. Start the process by doing a bit of legwork. Ask your friends, relatives, and...

Home buyers may be as unique as the homes they are looking to buy, but they all share a common desire to ensure that the home they will call their own is as good beneath the surface as it appears to be. They will have concerns about the roof, the heating system, the floors and the walls and everything that they can’t readily see with the naked eye. In most cases, you can make a reasonable pre-inspection yourself if you know what you’re looking for. Knowing what to look for can help you prevent little...

Unless your home shows at its very best, it can cost you hundreds, even thousands, of dollars during its sale. You may also face the prospect of a prolonged listing period or even an expired listing. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend a fortune to get your home ready for sale. There are things such as plumbing or painting, but there are several things that you can do for no money that will help make your home ready for sale. INSIDE YOUR HOME: Make rooms appear larger...

Unlike the experience of buying a home for the first time, when you are looking to move up and already own a home, there are certain factors that you must consider. It’s very important you evaluate these factors before you list your home for sale. Not only is there the issue of financing to consider, but also the fact that you have to sell your present home at exactly the right time in order to avoid the financial burden of owning two homes or, just as bad, having no place to live during the gap...

Mistake #1: Seeing your property through the eyes of the buyer; forgetting what you would want to see if you were buying the home. Although people are of all backgrounds and personalities, there are some common traits among all home shoppers. One of these traits is the desire to see something they are about to spend a great amount of money on being in perfect condition. This means a thorough cleaning and removing everything not vitally necessary to live with from the...