Should you sell your house privately or
have it auctioned? This is a question that keeps circling in the minds of
several home sellers. While some people have their own reasons for not being in
favor of self-selling a real estate property, for others it may just be the
thing they are looking for.
The number one reason why selling a house
on your own works is because of the cutting back on costs you get to enjoy. No commissions
are to be paid to the real estate agent because, well, you do not need one.
If you are looking to self-sell your real
estate property, here are a few things that can help you get started:
1: Your House:
Make it is a top priority of yours that,
before you open your doors for potential buyers, your house is ready to be
displayed in all its perfection. If there are things around the house which
need to be prepared or even cleaned, immediately get started on them.
The kind of cleaning you need to do in your
house before you self-sell needs to be super thorough. Remember that potential
buyers are really going to be going through every part of your house. They
might pick on something which is broken or needs maintenance. and use it to
negotiate for a lower sale price of your house.
2: The Marketing of Your House:
If you can get super creative, this is the
time to be just that. The reason that creativity in the way you market your
house can work for you is simple; it will make your house stand apart from the
other houses on the market, houses which are your competition.
While real estate agents have contacts and
professional affiliations, where they can link you up with advertising agents
to get the word out about your house out and about, self-selling a house would
mean having to do all that on your own. So marketing your house effectively to
your target
audience will require a lot of effort and patience. Patience in the sense
that you will have to deal with a lot of enquiries about your house which may
or may not result in a sale.
There simply is no way to find out which
buyers are serious and which ones of them are just looking around. In either of
the circumstances, you will have to show your house and answer any questions
that are posed to the best of your abilities.
3: Get Acquainted with the Paperwork and the Law:
Finding a serious buyer is just one side of
the picture. There is work that needs to be done after that as well.. If you
are making this transaction on your own, you will have to define and defend
your legal terms on your own too. A safer option here would be to get a
lawyer’s assistance that can help you with things like writing the sales
contract, and consequently also meet up with the buyer’s lawyer and discuss
what needs to be discussed.
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