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Considering selling your home?

Here are a few key tips to help you get the most out of your property!

Pricing Your Home


When selling your property, one of the most important and most difficult decisions to make is the listing price of the property. While you, the seller, want to sell for the best price possible, you also have to list the home at a fair market price, so that buyers will be attracted to the listing.

What are some things you should consider when setting a listing price?

The VS Team will help you determine the fair market value of your home AND obtain the BEST sales price for your home. By working with one of our experienced realtors, you will know that your home will receive the exposure needed to attract strong buyers and exceed your selling expectations!

Making Your Home Look Its Best

Eye appeal is buy appeal! Make sure your home looks its best when you are listing your property! Remember, buyers aren’t just going to give the house a quick look, but will be performing careful inspections of the property.

Here are some of our tips to make your home look its best inside and out!

“WOW” Factor

Make sure the outside of your house is in tip top shape, that is the viewer’s first impression. You need a “WOW” factor, that first visual, high-impact impression your home makes that could turn lookers into buyers. Think about what would make your home look like someone’s dream home. Here are a few tips to determine your property's curb appeal and if your home has that “WOW” factor:

Drive through the neighborhood and compare those houses to yours – how does your home look in comparison? Does it “wow” you?

What exterior improvements do you need?

When you figure out what needs to be fixed, JUST DO IT! ?

Paint

Yard

For many buyers, the front yard is one of the most important areas of the property to “keep up with the Joneses.” Grab people's attention by enhancing your yard and landscaping! If your house looks inviting and well-maintained from the street, people will imagine it's attractive on the inside, too.

The Front Door

An attractive entry catches a buyer’s eye and welcomes the buyer to his potential new home.

Kitchen

The biggest return on the sale of your home is your kitchen! Make sure your kitchen is showroom-ready with these tips:

Bathrooms

Here are some helpful tips to make the bathrooms seem more updated in your home:

Clean Everything

Buyers expect a spotless house, inside and out. This makes an important impression on the buyer, because it shows that the home has been well-maintained and was a happy home.

On the inside of the house, make sure to clean everything, especially your windows and windowsills!

Cut the Clutter

People are turned off by rooms that look and feel cluttered. Remember, potential buyers are buying your house, not your furniture, so help them picture themselves and their possessions in your home by making your rooms feel large, light, and airy.

Simple little tasks such as storing your tools and neatly rolling up your garden hose suggest that you take good care of your house. Don't let anything detract from making your best first impression.

Closets

Every potential buyer wants closet space, so make sure your closets are clear! By storing clothing you won't use soon, you'll make closets look spacious and desirable.

Carpet

Repairs and Renovations

Avoid making major renovations just to sell the house since you're unlikely to recoup those costs from the sales price, BUT

Marketing Your Home

Make sure your realtor is not only trained in the financial and technical aspects of the real estate transaction but is highly trained in the marketing side of the business as well!

This is when your realtor becomes critical: You can count on the VS Team’s expert realtors to come up with a competitive and winning marketing strategy and campaign. We will utilize television, newspaper, internet, MLS, and social media marketing outlets to optimize outreach to potential buyers. Further, our team is ready to conduct many open houses and tours to maximize exposure of your property to interested potential buyers, including “window shoppers.”

An Offer

Now, you have just received an offer on your property. Now what?

As the seller, you will basically have the following three options:

What are the most important things to consider when reviewing an offer and how to respond?

Count on the VS Team or one of its expert realtors to go over the offers and your goals and to help you decide how to best respond.

The Closing

Once you accept an offer, a number of details still need your attention before the property changes hands. Our goal is to make this process go as smoothly and efficiently as possible for you. The VS Team will be by your side to guide and advocate your interests as you go through the following processes involved during the closing period:

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