Barb Schlinker The Real Estate Voice

Most people do not sell homes often. There are many myths out there about selling a home what are the Top 10 “Must Know” HARD Facts in Real Estate Home Selling?●You need to hire an agent that knows the market. Many people think they are getting good info about pricing and marketing by looking at Zillow. But the truth is market knowledge can be the difference between your home selling and not selling.  ○Ask the agent how many homes they sold in the last several months, or in a year.●A Clean, uncluttered home sells for more money… ○I had a client that had some stains on the basement carpet.○Neither myself or the stager could see it before pictures were taken because the basement had a lot of stuff covering it up.○We priced right, lots of buyers came through, no offers.○As soon as she had those stains cleaned…got a offer for $5 over asking price!●Pricing a home to sell is CRITICAL○This does NOT mean under pricing○It means pricing AT market value without:■Adding money for ‘negotiating room’ ■Even as little as 1%