Four Mistakes that Will Ruin Your Sale

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When it comes time to sell your home, there are a lot of little things that can go wrong to kill a transaction. Today we are going to talk about the 4 most common mistakes that can screw up your home sale, and how you can avoid them.

1. Trying to sell your home FSBO: Over 60% of all real estate lawsuits stem from For Sale By Owner transactions. You usually get less money for your home sale, and you are much more likely to get in a lawsuit.
2. Mispricing your home: We see this happen time and time again. When you start pricing too high, the home becomes market worn. This means that as the days on the market go up, when it hits market value, the home will have been on the market for months. Buyers then start to have doubts about the home and wonder if there is something wrong with it because it’s been on the market so long. This also encourages buyers to make low-ball offers or skip over the home entirely.
3. Using lousy photos: Bad camera phone pictures, pictures with bad lighting. We’ve seen them all. On our team, we have a full-time professional photographer who is going to capture and present your home in its best light online. If buyers aren’t interested in your home after seeing photos of it, they will just move on to the next listing.
4. Ignoring the backyard: Typically, buyers decide in the first 30 seconds whether they like your home or not, so you’ve got to have great curb appeal. This means having the lawn cut and manicured, with any leaves picked up, to help you make a great first impression.

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