Making your House Market Ready

If you’re looking at selling a house, you probably have two goals in mind: get as much as you can, and sell as quickly as you can. No one wants to be stuck in a house for months, but how to accomplish this? Well, first and foremost, your house should be “market ready.” None of this weak ‘as-is’ stuff. How does it make sense to save $2,000 on repairs, just have your house sit on the market for a month or more (when it shouldn’t have to) and pay another $2,000 mortgage bill? It doesn’t make sense, does it? That’s what they call being pennywise and pound foolish. So market ready takes care of things like: Painting Landscaping Fix everything that’s apparently broken (cracked windows, leaky faucets, etc) Get your...

Attention Sellers!! Please read this article below that I found on Realtor.Org.  It’s so important to follow these basic guidelines.  A lot of times the selling of your home happens to be your largest asset or at least one of the top three if you have built up enough equity.  I’m first going to share my “thoughts and feelings” on this subject and share a list of important bullet points to review before the article so enjoy  Warning: Do NOT be penny smart and dollar stupid! Example: If your selling a $200,000k house and you don’t spend $500 to $2,000 to fix up your home you are doing just that.  In this “buyers” market you must make your home stand out.  You can’t ignore cosmetic or structural issues or it...