Four Things To Do Before Listing Your Home For Sale

For most people, the largest payday they will ever have been the day they sell their home. Market conditions will play the most significant factor in how much money you will make, but you can do a few things before listing your home to maximize your return. Here are four simple things you must do before selling your home:

Clean Up

Your house needs to be spotless when potential buyers come to take a look. That means all of your baseboards, cabinets, ceiling fans, and everything else needs to be scrubbed. When homebuyers see a mess, it can make them wonder if the house has been properly maintained, making them either continue their home search elsewhere or make an offer for lower than you’d like. Bottom line, if you want to get top dollar for your house, it needs to be looking its best.

Start Packing

Homes in St. Petersburg are going under contract in an average of eight days, so why not start packing right away. Not only will this help you get a jump start on moving, it will also make your home appear less cluttered.

Homebuyers don’t want to see closets and cabinets that are stuffed to capacity. Packing away half of your clothes will make the closet seem more spacious. Packing away dishes and serving platters that aren’t used very often and then neatly organizing the pantry will make cabinets look large enough for the homebuyer. Having ample storage is an essential factor to many homebuyers so that this trick could make or break a sale.

Make Repairs

Those repairs that you’ve been putting off should be completed before the home goes up for sale. Even small things like a leaky faucet can be a huge deterrent to a homebuyer since they don’t want to put in the money to make repairs once they take ownership of the home.  

Larger items like kitchen appliances and HVAC systems should also be in working condition. Discovering that a major appliance is not working properly is one of the main reasons a buyer will walk away after a home inspection, so making sure they are all working ahead of time will avoid this problem.

Hire The Right Real Estate Agent

If you want to make sure your home sells quickly and for the highest amount of money possible, you will need the right real estate agent working for you. Partnering with TJM Home Team insures you are represented by agents with a massive pool of knowledge about the local market. From listing to closing our agents will be with you every step of the way making sure you receive the most for your investment. Utilizing multifaceted marketing strategies, concierge home staging and staunch professionalism in closing our team will live up to our highly touted reputation in the Tampa Bay

If you’re in the St. Petersburg area and would like to sell your home, let’s connect. We can schedule a no-obligation consultation where I will look at your home to determine its price and give you tips on how to get even more money.  

Give me a call to get the process started.