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Posted over 3 years ago

Your Step-By-Step Resource Guide to Selling Your Home

If you need to sell your home while the COVID-19 pandemic is still active, you’re bound to be curious about how restrictions will impact the process. With restrictions still in place in some areas, open houses and showings may be off the table, and the full housing market effects are still not quite clear. That’s a lot of uncertainty to deal with when you really need to sell your home, and you need to sell it quickly. Thankfully, these sellers’ resources, courtesy of the Prestige Property Team, can give you some much-needed peace of mind when it comes to sprucing up your home and selling it faster.

Start by Cleaning & Decluttering Your Home
Pandemic or not, this is a step that sellers simply cannot skip, although cleaning in the time of COVID can involve a few additional steps.

  • ● A clean house allows shoppers to see a home’s true potential
    ● Using spring cleaning checklists is smart when you want to DIY a deep cleaning.
    ● Erase pet stains and smells, like those in your carpet.
    ● If you are showing your home in-person, cleaning for COVID-19 is a must.

    Then, Stage Your Home to Really Stand Out

    Although the housing market is still stable, things may become more competitive for sellers. So you should make sure your home stands out in all of the right ways.
  • Staging your home is an easy way to help it sell faster and attract higher offers.
    ● Staging should include boosting curb appeal with budget-friendly updates. A reliable,
    well-reviewed handyman can also help you with minor repairs that you really need to
    maximize the offers for your property you receive.
    ● Painting a front door with certain colors can also attract faster and better offers.

Finally, Set Up Showings & Sell Your Home
This is the part where COVID-19 concerns can really come into play but there are steps you can take to ensure safety when showing and selling your home.

  • ● Working with a local realtor who has experience helping sellers is the best way to avoid stress and help your home sell with less hassle.
    ● Using virtual selling tools, like Zoom tours is still an option to consider.
    ● You can showcase your home on social media. Use logo creator online free tools to
    create graphics that add professionalism to your posts.
    ● Your real estate agent should arrange any in-person tours or open houses.
    ● You can also close using virtual tools, once you and the buyer agree on terms.

It really is possible to sell your home, and sell it fast, during a pandemic, but doing so may
require a little more effort on your part. Of course, you can save yourself a lot of work and stress by working with the right real estate professional. Experienced real estate agents will have the tools and know-how to take the guesswork out of selling your home in such confusing times.

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ATRICLE WRITTED BY GUEST BLOGGER: TINA MARTIN



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