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For those of you who have been holding back to sell; it's time to get your home in order; or is it?
What about the economy? Have real estate home values increased or decreased; should you put your home, farm, camp, land or business on the market now or wait a bit longer to see what happens?
My answer is that no one really knows since our national economic conditions and specifically the real estate market in general is dependent upon a lot of national and local/area factors that are extremely difficult to predict and rely upon. So what do you do?
Have faith and just hope that things will get better, or plan for the worst and prepare for the best.
In either case, my recommendations would be about the same ... get back to the basics.
* Make sure that your property is priced within (+/-) 10% of it's current Fair Market Value. If you don't know what the fair market value is ... don't guess, get a current certified real estate appraisal. Do this first. Not knowing exactly what your property is worth will waste your time, a qualified prospective buyers time and may cost you a lot of money and frustration until you get it right.You'll end up with no shows, and the inability of good prospective buyers to get financing/a mortgage for your home/property.
* Make sure that your property looks it's best from curb to closet. Curb appeal is your first chance to make a lasting impression on a prospective quality buyer; so don't mess it up, clean it up! Clean up the yard, trim trees, rake leaves, remove weeds clutter and trash, plant some flowers. Before a prospective buyer walks into your home ... Clean, Clean and Clean some more.
* Prepare to Move. Since your ultimate goal / objective is to sell and move; start by removing and packing up unnecessary family clutter. Get rid of anything that you don't need to use on a daily basis such as nick nacks, family photos, wall hangings, collectibles etc.. Box it all up and if necessary put it in a self storage unit until you move. Keep in mind that you're selling your home and not all of your stuff.
Finally gather up all of your home's documents to include deed/title, real estate tax bills/receipts, map/plot plan, recent utility bills and appliance documents etc. It's also a good idea to have blank Offer to Purchase Forms and other forms required by New York State on hand for a highly motivated buyer. You can get these forms from your Real Estate Attorney or you can order them online through my website by clicking on the "Real Estate Legal Forms" banner shown above.
* Marketing 101. The success of selling any type of product is ultimately dependent upon mass exposure of the product to the market place/prospective buyers. Get the word out. List your property on nnyRealty.com, place ads on Craig's List and newspapers with your online nnyRealty link. It works!
Webmaster's Summary Notes:
1. Price your property within +/- 10% of it's fair market value.
2. Make sure that your property looks it's best from curb to closet.
3. Prepare to Move.Pack it up. Gather your home documents together; deed, map/plot plan, tax bills, appliance info. and Offer to Purchase Forms.
4. You need to spend some time and money to get your property exposed to prospective buyers. nnyRealty.com can help.
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