Here are some tips.
In the last week I have seen 70 homes with 4 different people relocating to Michigan. These are things that will help you sell your home.
1) Get rid of the smells. Don't let the wet dog in. Smoke outside for the months you are showing the house. Burn a lightly scented candle.
2) Clean the walk of snow. I had a person with MS and they to trudge thru ice and snow. Not a smart way to impress a potential buyer. You didn't think enough of them to shovel the snow. You must not want to sell the house bad enough.
3) Make the house available for showings. The ones that cancelled showings or were too busy to show the house, we didn't see. You missed out. Because these are 4 people that have to buy. We are not coming back! They had a short amount of time to view houses and make a decision. Sorry your were to busy to show your house. We will never know how nice your home was. Sometimes we were out front and calling to see if we could get in as soon as possible. We were rushed for time. Most times many sellers said yes, or said yes in a hour, but some said no. Oh well another possible lost sale.
I have had one of my sellers scream at me on the phone because an agent was out front and wanting to come in. The beds weren't made he said. I talked him into letting the potential buyers in. They bought the house. My seller wasn't so made after all, letting those last minute lookers in.
4) Sorry if you didn't get a call from us. Your agent or your agents office didn't answer the phone over the weekend or didn't return our call. We had 3 companies that did not even return our call. Is your agent's office open on the weekend. That is when many home buyers and agents are calling. Does your agent or agent's office return calls within 2 hours during normal business hours? Some were not calling us back. We were short of time we moved on. We can't look at all the houses.
5) Make sure your home pictures look great. If they don't people won't come in. Many people look on line. Have lots of pictures.
For more Michigan relocation information, Michigan home buying tips, Michigan Home selling advice go to my website www.RussRavary.com
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Russ Ravary
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your local Metro Detroit Realtor helping clients like you sell and buy homes through out the entire Metro Detroit suburbs. I love showing and selling Oakland County and Livingston County Lake front homes too.
Russ,
Very good information for sellers and for those of us trying to guide those sellers into a win-win situation with an acceptable offer/contract. Some just don't understand that when their home is on the market, they WANT it open to the public. That's just the way it has to be! Can't be sold if it can't be seen! Thanks for the tips. Nadine Blakely, RE/MAX, Lynchburg, VA!
Great tips Russ. I almost twisted an ankle when viewing a home because no one bothered to shovel the snow or break up the ice going up the walk way.
There was a house I wanted to see one day with clients and they wouldn't make an appointment, because it was 24 hour notice, no exceptions.
Okay...
We made an appointment for the following week. I couldn't undertstand it..the place was a MESS, dog smell, junk ALL OVER, you could barely walk.
My client said maybe they wanted the 24 hour notice to be able to hide drugs or something. LOL