{"id":114010,"date":"2019-08-04T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=114010"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T20:59:19","slug":"curb-appeal-tips-sell-quicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/curb-appeal-tips-sell-quicker","title":{"rendered":"Sell Your House Faster With These Curb Appeal Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about curb appeal tips that can make your property sell quicker.<\/p>\n<p>OK, guys. Common sense is not always a common thing. So, I\u2019m going to be very plain and simple. What I\u2019m about to tell you is probably Real Estate 101. We\u2019re really going down to the basics.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Improve a Property&#8217;s Curb Appeal<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewHSgNtwtDQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>1. Paint the exterior<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first tip is you have to paint the bloody property. Make sure that property is pressure cleaned and scraped and you&#8217;re using a paint color that is not going to stand out from other homes on the street. What I mean by that is don\u2019t do any crazy colors like bright yellow, orange, or pink. Unless that\u2019s what other homes on the street look like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I say that because here in Toledo, there are homes in the historic district that have a lot of funky colors. So, if you went with a plain color, it might look a little too simple. You always want to stick to a color that is similar to the other homes on the street. But paint, guys, can go a very long way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2013-09-19-how-to-sell-your-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Sell Your House: 100 Tips to Sell Faster and For More Money<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first things that I learned about renovations and rehab when I was in Australia is that you can actually paint a lot of things. You can paint the exterior. You can paint the interior. You can paint kitchen cabinets. You can paint a vanity, and you can even re-enamel a bathtub. So, you can get away with painting a lot of things where you can add more value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good rule of thumb is this: If you\u2019re spending one dollar on that specific renovation item, you want to get three dollars back. In other words, let&#8217;s say it\u2019s going to cost you $10,000 to paint your house. Without painting it, you can sell it for $200,000; by painting it, you can sell it for $230,000. This means it\u2019s a good investment on your money to paint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tax-Tips-for-Overwhelmed-Landlords.jpg\" alt=\"4 Helpful Tax Tips for Overwhelmed Landlords\" width=\"702\" height=\"336\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tax-Tips-for-Overwhelmed-Landlords.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tax-Tips-for-Overwhelmed-Landlords-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>2. Improve the landscape<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second way to improve curb appeal is landscaping. I don\u2019t want you guys having overgrown yards, crappy-looking flowers, no mulch, and a driveway that looks like crap. These are some very simple things that a lot of prospective buyers would want to see as they drive by or as they inspect a home. Don\u2019t forget guys, the first impression is every impression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can offer that &#8220;wow&#8221; factor from the beginning to that prospective buyer, I think everything is going to run much smoother when they get inside the home. A lot of folks will just drive by, and if they don\u2019t like the property based on the way it looks from the street, they won\u2019t even schedule to see the inside. Make sure the property has the wow factor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2015-06-10-landscaping-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Landscaping: 4 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Yard\u2019s Curb Appeal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint is a big one. Landscaping and tidying up the front yard and driveway is another. And here\u2019s a quick little side tip. I\u2019ve seen a lot of real estate brokerages coming out with solar panel yard signs. To me, this indicates that there might be a demand from prospective buyers to see what it looks like and if it\u2019s a safe area at night. So, another thing you may want to do is add some feature lights to give the property a glow or pop in the evening. I\u2019ve always liked to see homes with feature lighting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s a tip from me on top of the two things you should do. It\u2019s all very simple and common sense stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/webinars\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What other tips would you give someone looking to improve their property&#8217;s curb appeal?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk about curb appeal tips that can make your property sell quicker.\u00a0Many prospective buyers will first drive by a home. If the outside looks rough, they may never even schedule a time to see the inside. This is why it&#8217;s important to consider what your property looks like from the street. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1672,"featured_media":114085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exiting"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}