How to Sell House Cash for Top Profits
Would you like to sell property quick and make as much profit as possible? Though you might be a motivated seller with a deadline to sell your property, you won’t want to lower the price excessively. However, you need to make sure the house does not remain in the market for too long. The longer your house stays actively on the market, the more potential buyers will start to imagine that there must be something wrong with the house. This might result in the reduction of your initial selling price.
If you would like to sell property quick, the first important step is preparing the house for sale.
Cover the basics
To sell your house quick, you need to ensure that the buyer’s fundamental expectations are met. Make sure the potential house investors get a good first impression from the exterior (curb appeal), and that they find everything neutral, updated and fully functional on the inside. The idea is to prevent buyers from developing negative emotions towards your house. This could be caused by noticeable repairs or an unkempt yard observed during viewing. This also includes negative emotions arising from the buyer’s inevitable home inspection.
Set the stage
Your prospective cash home buyers need to have a neutral perspective when viewing the house. This means that they should be able to see themselves living in the house and not feel like visitors or strangers. This is usually the most difficult step for sellers. You should be able to distance yourself emotionally from the home and know that it’s time to move on. Though you have your family photos and unique tastes, your potential buyers need to visualize their own items in the home. Therefore, you will need to:
- Put away all your personal pictures, photos and unique personal decorations.
- Eliminate all clutter and make sure there is as much free space as possible
- Make sure your colors are neutral all through the house
- Consider getting storage space or donating to get rid of all your non-essential items.
Next, you will need to stage every room properly so that a prospective buyer can visualize themselves living in that house. Each room needs to appeal to the things that are important to most people, including family, career, friends and love/romance. The following are some examples.
Kitchens
- Set the table so buyers can visualize themselves eating together with their family
- Place a bottle of wine on the counter with glasses so your buyers can visualize themselves entertaining guests
- Have a teapot on the cooking stove
- Lay a mat in the kitchen with matching dish towels
Bathrooms
- In the master bedroom, place a bottle of wine
- Have some nice smelling bath soaps
- Place comfortable mats around the toilet and near the sink
Bedrooms
- Place some toys around what could be the children’s room
- In the master bedroom, have a table near the bed with some books
Stephan is a freelance writer, who often writes about home foreclosure and Stop Foreclosure.
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