Common Mistakes When Selling a Home
If you’re about to go down the road of selling your home, you’ve probably heard that it’s not for the faint of heart. Avoid some common mistakes made by checking out this list.
Know Your Market
Look at trend reports for your area to get a sense for your market – are homes selling? Where are they selling? When are they selling? And, at what price point? You’ll notice that in some areas certain neighborhoods, price points or types of homes might be selling quicker than others. Look for these trends so that you can better position your home when you list it.
Not Getting on the MLS
Getting your home on the MLS is extremely important. Adding your listing to ancillary sites like Zillow or Trulia is also a good idea – but, typically your real estate agent will manage this for you.
Not Even Considering a Real Estate Agent
If you’re looking at the dollars and cents, you might be apprehensive about hiring a real estate agent. But, before you make a final decision consider this:
- You will most likely have to pay for the buying agent out-of-pocket, so your listing agent would (typically) only be a 3% commission on the sales price.
- Calculate 3% of your home price and think about the hours it might take away from your work or home life to market and show your home.
- If you don’t have a real estate agent, you might need to pay for a lawyer to double-check your contracts (which will cost some money).
- Agents have access to numerous marketing tools and sites, not available to the public.
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