There is no point selling you a story of rainbows, roses, and unicorns because selling a houses is stressful. It is super-stressful. It is one of the most stressful events you will ever endure in your life. It doesn’t matter whether you are a young budding stock broker, a retired couple of a single mother of three; selling a home can really make you sweat.
Of course, we’re not saying all this to put you off or give you three months worth of nightmares. We’re telling you this so that you can prepare for it because, well, knowledge and action are the best ways to soften the blow and make your sale that much more idyllic.
So, before you set to and pop your home on the market, here is a list of tips, tricks and bits of advice that you really need to use if you want to minimize the stress of a selling your house.
1. Get An Agent
We can’t stress this enough. Yes, you probably know some who knows someone who got a great price without an agent, but this is an anomaly. What’s more, you don’t know how much stress they had to endure before they finally hooked a buyer. To summarize, though, an agent will provide market analysis, marketing strategies, client lists, staging tips and, best of all, a wealth of experience.
2. Declutter Right Away
After you’ve sold your home, what are you going to do? Pack everything away and move somewhere new, right. And when you pack everything away, you will no doubt use this as a chance to declutter, toss a few things and sell what you can. So why not get ahead of the game and do your decluttering, tossing and selling now? Not only will this help with your packing and moving, it will also take away your stress because the less stuff you have the less you have to put away before each house viewing.
3. Ten Minute Rule
If there is one thing you’ll learn through the selling process it is how quickly a viewing can happen. You will be sat watching the television after a hard day at work when all of a sudden the real estate agent will call and say someone wants to view your place in about twenty minutes. You can’t say no because a potential buyer is a potential buyer. That is why you should always keep your home ten-minutes away from being spotless, as discussed at www.vogue.com. The cleaner you keep things the less stress you will have to battle before those last-minute showings.
4. Book Weekends Away
The most popular time for viewings are the weekends. That is just when most people have time. What’s more, the first few weekends are going to be the busiest for the simple fact your home is new to the market and new homes garner a lot of attention in the early days. So, do yourself a favor and get out of the house at weekends. Trying to live your normal life when streams of people are coming in and out is just not easy, which is why you should give your agent a set of keys and go away for day trips and entire weekends.
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