DO IT YOURSELF -- DO IT TOGETHER

• MARKETING BY YOURSELF

  If you do decide to list your home by yourself, here are a couple tips:

  • Professional Photos: Buyers house hunting online will only look at a listing for 1.2 seconds if it only has one amateur photo.
  • Staging: staging could increase your home’s sale price by 20% compared to if it were unstaged.
  • Put the home on as many websites as you can including but not limited to:
    • Zillow
    • Realtor.com
    • Redfin
    • Facebook
    • MLS (There are services)
  • Tell Your Neighbors!
• MARKETING TOGETHER

  The strategy for marketing your home is as unique as the home itself. If I were to take your listing, this is the minimum tasks I'd do:

  • Interior and exterior HD photos
  • Exterior drone video
  • Video walkthrough
  • 360° Matterport
  • Broker tour
  • Open Houses
  • Listing Mailers

  The other tasks I'd do to market your home rely on speaking to you about preferences, timeline, and expectations.

• PRICING YOURSELF

  Pricing right the first time is the MOST important aspect of selling. You already know this. Here is a tip for pricing if you decide to list yourself:

  Pricing is an art just as much as it is a science. Be sure to use the most appropriate comparable sales. Your neighborhood may be the only location you can look. Perhaps your neighbor sold for $500,000, that might be the right price, but there may be some aspects that you aren't seeing (was it cash, how long did it list, did they do a reno that you didn't see?)

• PRICING TOGETHER

  When pricing your home, I use everything you already know about your neighborhood and the comparable sales you would have used. I just dig a little deeper into the situation of that sale. 

  Additionally, I take into account the updates you've made and the time of year we are considering listing. Further, I consider how fast you need/want to sell. Want to sell fast? Well, that might require a lower list price.

  Regardless, we communicate, discuss, and research to come to the best price.

• PREPPING FOR LISTING BY YOURSELF

  If you are going to list yourself, here are some tips on prepping your home to list:

  • Some folks don't clean/declutter enough. Be sure to start to "move out" in a way. If you walk around your home and say you'd throw that out instead of move it with you, throw it out now. This may start to help open up the space and let buyers see it for the lovely home it is.
  • Have a cleaner come in so you can save yourself some time. 
  • If you are considering staging, consider staging using your own furniture
  • For me, I like to start with a pre-listing inspection in order to know what might come up later. Then fix a few items in that. Also, you could think about painting or do small updates.
• PREPPING TOGETHER

   

  If you have me list your home, we talk about all the items that I mention on the left. But I also offer some help with that. Scheduling, planning, advice on what to fix, advice on if you need to declutter or clean, advice on staging, and so much more. 

  You have someone that is an expert in perception helping you present your pride and joy to the world. 

• IT'S ALL ABOUT DOING IT TOGETHER

   

  The process of prepping, listing, and ultimately selling your home is as unique as the home is. There isn't a one stop shop for getting a house sold. Markets shift, design preferences fade, but what wont fade is the experience and expertise that I bring to the table and the care that you've put into the house you are moving on from.

   

  Let's join together to get you on to your next adventure.