Considering the current market, selling real estate in Louisville and other areas can be a daunting prospect. It seems like everyone knows at least one person who has been trying to sell their home for five or six years but to no avail. The trick to making sure you don’t fall into this category isn’t waiting until a buyer comes to you. If you’re serious about marketing your home, you need to be pro-active and starting looking into the different ways you can attract buyers to your home. The more buyers your able to attract, the greater the chances of you selling the property in less than six months.
Even though selling your home by yourself and not having to worry about paying a realtor a sales commission might sound appealing, you should really reconsider. It won’t be nearly as easy as you think. The biggest problem most people run into when it comes to selling their home on their own is not having enough resources available. A good real estate agent has websites, contacts, and a million other things which will hasten the sale. It’s in your best interest to take advantage of their services. They will earn their commission.
In the past real estate agents pretty much took some pictures of a house, connected with prospective buyers, and arranged viewings. When the housing market crashed, the role of the realtor changed. Now they’re much more involved in the marketing process. In addition to doing all the things they’ve always done, they also market more aggressively, have gotten much better at identifying the serious buyers from the ones who are simply looking, and will offer all kinds of advice about the things you can do to make your home more appealing to prospective buyers.
Once you’ve signed a contract with a real estate agent, it’s time to sit down with them and come up with a marketing plan. This a very important part of the process. The marketing plan should cover everything including how long you want the sale to take, the amount you hope sell the home for, the lowest possible amount you can accept for your property, and some ideas for how to attract prospective buyers to the home.
Even though you have hired a real estate agent, you shouldn’t expect them to do all the work for you. There’s lots of ways you can help out and hasten the sale of your home. The things you should consider doing include:
* Social networking, use social media sites to let people know your home is on the market
* Talk to your friends and co-workers about your property, you never know who might be interested
* Follow the real estate agents advise and really spruce up your property.
The most important thing to remember when you’re selling property is to not get discourage if things take a little longer than originally planned,
If you are looking to buy or sell real estate in Louisville or need information about properties, contact Family Realty LLC. For more information, visit them online!
