Imagine selling your home within two weeks of listing your home, at your asking price — without paying a commission. It’s not only possible, it’s practically guaranteed if you play your cards right and follow these home-selling tips.
Home Selling Tip #1: Research All Your Options
Even if you’ve decided to sell your house yourself, you’ve got a multitude of options. Where you advertise, how you advertise, how you prepare your house, how much you ask for it – all those things require research to be sure that you’re getting your best possible deal. Some avenues to pursue include a flat-fee MLS listing, advertising in local newspapers, and posting your house for sale on an FSBO (for sale by owner) web site like www.fsbon.com.
Home Selling Tip #2: Price Your House Right
If there were one number one home selling tip, this one would be it.
Your asking price on your house will be one of the first things that prospective buyers look at – you don’t want them to rule your house right out of the ballpark. For your fastest sale at the highest possible profit, set your asking price within 10% of the average price in your neighborhood. Finding that out takes a little research. You can interview Realtors or look through recently sold listings. The Internet makes it even easier. There are a number of web sites (www.housevalue.com, www.homegain.com) where you can look up the average selling price of recently sold houses in your zip code and neighborhood. Start with that figure and go up or down according to your home’s condition.
Home Selling Tip #3: Before You List: Clean Up Your Act
Want to up that asking price to the high end of your neighborhood bracket? Take a week or two to do some serious face-lifting. The better your house looks, the more appealing it will be to buyers. The more appealing it is at first glance, the more likely it is that you’ll get an offer fast.
For a quick cleanup with maximum effect, try these tasks:
Rake and manicure lawns and yards. Keep grass mowed, shrubs trimmed and paths swept and clean. If you can’t repaint your house, give it a good wash with a high-pressure hose. Use flower power to your benefit.
Flowers are an amazingly simple way to perk up the appearance of any home.
Inside, de-clutter and depersonalize. Improvements that will pay off, especially if you can do them yourself: modernizing bathroom fittings, repainting the kitchen, and putting new carpeting in the living room. Once the house is stripped to the bare, clean essentials, fill in bare spots with impersonal decor – flower arrangements or matching lamps, for instance.
Home Selling Tip #4: Take Advantage of ALL the Benefits Offered By An
FSBO Web Site
When you’re ready to list your house, choose an FSBO web site that offers you extras like Virtual Home Tours (www.fiftystatesfsbo.com has a great sample), free professional signs, and partner listings with other FSBO sites.
Home Selling Tip #5: Learn How to Write a Killer Ad
Your classified home selling ad is one of your most powerful home selling tools. Learn to write an ad that will sell your home FOR you. Use descriptive words with positive connotations – ‘cozy’ instead of ‘small’, for instance. Aim headlines at the right market – ‘Summer on the Lake, Winter by the Fire’ will immediately draw attention. You can find more great home selling tips online (www.fsbotips.com) or through a sell your house fast course.
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I can't open doors in laundry room-dryer in way or drawers in kitchen-oven in the way?I need home improvement tips
In the laundry room I have bifold doors that I had to take down otherwise I couldn't open the dryer that was behind the doors- what kind of doors can I put up that will still allow me to open the dryer- moving the washer or dryer is not an option.
In the kitchen, i have two drawers that you can't open unless you open the oven. When the oven is closed the handles are in the way. Any ideas?
the laundry room is also a powder room. the bi-fold doors hide the washer and dryer
all you need for this is a small amount of olive oil, add a small drop to the joints of the bed and it will stop squeaking. Just remember to put an old rag under the part you are oiling so it does´t drip on your floor or carpet
A simple answer would be to turn off the offending appliance. I for one am happy the government is acknowledging energy efficiency.
1) Box up anything smaller than a football you don't absolutely, positively have to use on a day to day basis.
Remove window screens that aren't needed daily to flood your rooms with natural light. Update lampshades and bulbs to make your rooms shine even brighter.
2) Replace worn, dated flooring. Including carpeting and linoleum. Buyer's can not imagine what it will look like, they need to see what it IS like, right now.
3) PAINT everything a neutral color. A lot of buyer's are turned off if their furnishings don't go with the paint colors you have right now. Not to mention, fresh paint kills any odors that you might not even realize you have in the house.
4) Pull up area rugs!! They break up the space, draw too much attention, and make buyer's wonder what you're hiding.
5) Update old lighting fixtures. They will help your house compete with newer homes on the market and they are a cheap and easy do-it-yourself fix.
6) Edit your furnishings down to only what you absolutely need. Arrange furniture at least 8 inches from the walls and angle some for visual interst.
7) Keep in mind, buyer's walk through most listings in about 10 minutes the first time around, so make sure the features of your home come into focus as soon as they walk in the door. That means accessorizing to draw the eye directly to them without overpowering them. IE: Bright greenery on top of a mantel with a couple of shiny candlesticks will serve you better than some eye-popping artwork.
9) Make sure the house is HOSPITAL CLEAN, especially kitchens and bathrooms. Just avoid the hospital smell. Fresh citrus cleaners are better than pine-based solutions.
10) Fresh mulch can boost your curb appeal 100%!! Makes your place look freshly landscaped.
11) Paint your front door a glossy fresh color! Add a bright brass kick plate for added sass. And a bright pot of mature annuals is always a welcoming touch.
Just be honest. Tell your supervisor you feel like you've earned an increase in pay. If you need to, offer to take on added responsibilities or move to a different job position that comes with an increase in pay. Good luck!!!!!
@27mopar lol
i’m guessing this guy does not do hvac work for a living.
Just buy them some donuts and coffee every now and then. Let the contractor handle the money. Tipping is not usually associated with construction.
And why start something that can get out of control. You can at the end of construction have a wrap party.
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if you dont know what you are doing you dont need to make a video watch dr.zarkloff he knows his stuff
Other comments aside, please be careful with your garden hose. The way he’s spraying the fins on the coil is right on the edge of dangerous.
The fins on the coil are thin, and can be bent into a solid mass by home water pressure. Then it’s a horrid job to get them separated again so air can flow through–which is the point of the coil in the first place.
the finished product is SO much more satisfying.
I like satin paint. They have satin/matte paints now that clean easily (unlike years ago). High gloss walls look weird with lights and glare coming off of them. If you can paint your ceiling, I would do that with high gloss (we did it in our kitchen with high gloss Kihls since there would be smoke and moisture in there)
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Everything, try ans do with every thing, it will pay of.
Also, I just did what he suggested (take the fan top off to clean) with my old Carrier unit. Tops of fins are very close to the fan housing. I ended up cutting one of my fingers horribly when the fan housing slammed in place. Be careful around coils – they are fragile, and sharp!
Dr. Zarkloffs how to’s for HVAC maint. are must better.
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I thought he was shilling for Lowes.
thanks for the tips, I have always sprayed from the outside in. and can still see some of the dirt stuck at the edge of the fin. Next time, I will remoce my fan and do what you do. Thank you.
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Nice informative visuals..
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kris.
This very informative and useful video.
I will have to add it to my list of resources.
Thank you!