Investor · Maui, HI · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 3k+ votes
Hey everyone,
I'm working on a blog post, called (tentatively)
"100 Tips for Selling Your House Faster, Easier, and For More Money."
I think I have like 6 ideas... so I have a ways to go. Can anyone offer their tips, suggestions, ideas, etc? I'd love to get a ton of ideas and suggestions!
Rental Property Investor · Upstate, NY · Member since 2012 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
13y
closets.....
women always look at them & ponder the space for the 300 pairs of shoes they need.
so we strip them to barely full to make it look 'LARGER' & no clutter on the floor or shelving above.
In the last SFH we added a large sealed cedar closet for the off season clothing in the basement. Could also be used as a wine cellar.
laundry rooms....
Most depict the dungeon life of old.
So we put in all new cupboards, marble tile & threw in a (cheap remnant) granite top with an under-mount 10" deep sink.
We also had the height to put the cupboards up to the ceiling leaving a lot of space for laundry baskets etc on the counter top.
They loved it.
Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes
13y
Originally posted by Alex Baev:
I'd love to see a study on smell in a house and the whole air-freshner thing vs. quantifiable appeal, but being very smell-sensitive, I strongly prefer no smell at all. "Fresh" could be very subjective
I don't go with flowers or those "fresh scent" things. I prefer to go with something that seems to appeal to both men and women -- apple cinnamon. I've never gotten a negative comment on that.
Rental Property Investor · Billings, MT · Member since 2013 · 6 posts · 0 votes
13y
Nice topic. I always mow the lawn on the diagonal and alternate between the two directions to give it a unique look. This is the most commented on trick that I use.
Investor · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2013 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
13y
I always have a kettle with water and cinnamon cooking on the stove. Sometimes I bake chocolate brownies.
I take inside pictures and put them into a water proof folder outside, so that people who just drive by see more and want to come in.
I've once driven around the neighborhood and got 10 'for sale by owner' houses together. We pooled our money and had a big 'for sale by owner' tour, with prizes and big ads in the paper. Because the approach was so unique there were some blogs written about it ahead of time. We got a lot of people and sold a number of houses that weekend. Agents heard about it and had open houses that day as well. So, people that had interest in the neighborhood felt that this was the weekend to go.